stiff
/stɪf/ adjective B2- Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
- Inflexible; rigid.
- Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
- Harsh, severe. · He was eventually caught, and given a stiff fine.
- Painful or more rigid than usual as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise. · My legs are stiff after climbing that hill yesterday.
- Potent. · a stiff drink; a stiff dose; a stiff breeze
- Expensive, pricey.
- Dead, deceased.
Comparative stiffer · Superlative stiffest
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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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.
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.
ONE WINTER a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold.
You’re quite as stiff
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