Stiffly

Stiff′ly

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adv.

In a stiff manner.

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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.

stiffly ‎(comparative more stiffly, superlative most stiffly)

In a stiff manner.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 5
  'Twas Mr. Glennie who first moved to seek me; for when the second day came that I was not at school, he thought that I was ill, and went to my aunt's to ask how I did, as was his wont when any ailed. But Aunt Jane answered him stiffly that she could not say how I did.

in a stiff manner

Finnish: kankeasti (fi)
French: rigidement (fr)
Galician: rixidamente
Georgian: გახევებულად ‎(gaxevebulad), მოჭიმულად ‎(moč̣imulad)
Italian: rigidamente, legnosamente (it)
Japanese: こりこり (コリコリ, korikori), ごわごわ (ja) (ゴワゴワ, gowagowa), ごつごつ (ゴツゴツ, gotsugotsu)
Norman: rigidement