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stiff

/stɪf/ adverb C2
  1. Of the wind, with great force; strongly.
  2. Very thoroughly. (dated, slang)
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One arm was hanging out of the bed; from shoulder to elbow it was moulded after the arms of Germain Pillon’s “Graces,” but the fore-arm seemed to be slightly distorted by convulsion, and the hand, so delicately formed, was resting with stiff outstretched fingers on the framework of the bed.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1005 · C1
Morcerf, usually so stiff and formal, accosted the banker in an affable and smiling manner, and, feeling sure that the overture he was about to make would be well received, he did not consider it necessary to adopt any manœuvres in order to gain his end, but went at once straight to the point.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 795 · C1
ONE WINTER a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 7 · B2
You’re quite as stiff
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 132 · B2

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