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Webster 1913 Edition
Stiffly
Stiff′ly
,adv.
In a stiff manner.
Webster 1828 Edition
Stiffly
STIFFLY
,adv.
1.
Firmly; strongly; as the boughs of a tree stiffly upheld.2.
Rigidly; obstinately; with stubbornness. The doctrine of the infallibility of the church of Rome is stiffly maintained by its adherents.