stiffly

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Word Origin & History

Old English stif "rigid, inflexible," from Proto-Germanic *stifaz "inflexible" (cf. Dutch stijf, Old High German stif, German steif "stiff;" Old Norse stifla "choke"), from PIE *stipos-, from root *steip- "press together, pack, cram" (cf. Sanskrit styayate "coagulates," stima "slow;" Greek stia, stion "small stone," steibo "press together;" Latin stipare "pack down, press," stipes "post, tree trunk;" Lithuanian stipti "stiffen," stiprus "strong;" Old Church Slavonic stena "wall"). Of battles and competitions, from mid-13c.; of liquor, from 1813. To keep a stiff upper lip is attested from 1815.

Example Sentences forstiffly

Omar Ben side-stepped and raked him with a stiffly extended paw.

One or two arose wearily and stiffly, and dragged their loads to the pile.

Take mine, I'll say I've killed you, stiffly dead, in mortal fray.

"I will ask the Herr Doktor if he iss in," replied the man, stiffly.

But he walked so stiffly along the corridor, that she did not dare approach him.

Whip up the whites as stiffly as possible, and mix them lightly with the yolks.

I said again, as stiffly as might be, and I turned towards the door.

"I venture to think, sir, that that is my affair," said Garnache stiffly.

And in the driving-seat is a curious, stiffly swaying figure.

"I regret to have made an engagement for to-day, madam," replied Cashel, stiffly.

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