Word Study
stiffly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial stiffly has 2 senses
- stiffly(r = adv.all) stiff - in a stiff manner; "his hands lay stiffly"
- stiffly(r = adv.all) bolt, rigidly - in a rigid manner; "the body was rigidly erect"; "he sat bolt upright"
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