ALL meanings of stiffly
stiff
S s - adjective stiffly rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar. 1
- adjective stiffly not moving or working easily: The motor was a little stiff from the cold weather. 1
- adjective stiffly (of a person or animal) not supple; moving with difficulty, as from cold, age, exhaustion, or injury. 1
- adjective stiffly strong; forceful; powerful: stiff winds; The fighter threw a stiff right to his opponent's jaw. 1
- adjective stiffly strong or potent to the taste or system, as a beverage or medicine: He was cold and wanted a good stiff drink. 1
- adjective stiffly resolute; firm in purpose; unyielding; stubborn. 1
- adjective stiffly stubbornly continued: a stiff battle. 1
- adjective stiffly firm against any tendency to decrease, as stock-market prices. 1
- adjective stiffly rigidly formal; cold and unfriendly, as people, manners, or proceedings. 1
- adjective stiffly lacking ease and grace; awkward: a stiff style of writing. 1
- adjective stiffly excessively regular or formal, as a design; not graceful in form or arrangement. 1
- adjective stiffly laborious or difficult, as a task. 1
- adjective stiffly severe or harsh, as a penalty or demand. 1
- adjective stiffly excessive; unusually high or great: $50 is pretty stiff to pay for that. 1
- adjective stiffly firm from tension; taut: to keep a stiff rein. 1
- adjective stiffly relatively firm in consistency, as semisolid matter; thick: a stiff jelly; a stiff batter. 1
- adjective stiffly dense or compact; not friable: stiff soil. 1
- adjective stiffly Nautical. (of a vessel) having a high resistance to rolling; stable (opposed to crank2. ). 1
- adjective stiffly Scot. and North England. sturdy, stout, or strongly built. 1
- adjective stiffly Australian Slang. out of luck; unfortunate. 1
- noun stiffly Slang. a dead body; corpse. a formal or priggish person. a poor tipper; tightwad. a drunk. 1
- noun stiffly Slang. a fellow: lucky stiff; poor stiff. a tramp; hobo. a laborer. 1
- noun stiffly Slang. a forged check. a promissory note or bill of exchange. a letter or note, especially if secret or smuggled. 1
- noun stiffly Slang. a contestant, especially a racehorse, sure to lose. 1
- adverb stiffly in or to a firm or rigid state: The wet shirt was frozen stiff. 1
- adverb stiffly completely, intensely, or extremely: I'm bored stiff by these lectures. We're scared stiff. 1
- verb with object stiffly Slang. to fail or refuse to tip (a waiter, porter, etc.). 1
- verb with object stiffly Slang. to cheat; gyp; do out of: The company stiffed me out of a week's pay. 1
- adverb stiffly not freely or easily 1
- adverb stiffly sternly, severely 1