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stiffness - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'stiffness' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stiffness [ n.]
- The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.

Meaning of 'stiffness' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . stiffness [ n]
Meaning (1):
- firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
Example in sentence:
  • a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity
Meaning (2):
- the property of moving with pain or difficulty
Example in sentence:
  • he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck
Meaning (3):
- excessive sternness
Example in sentence:
  • severity of character;
  • the harshness of his punishment was inhuman;
  • the rigors of boot camp

Nearby Words:

stiacciato stian stibborn stibial stibialism stibiated stibic stibiconite stibine stibious

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