Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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stiff | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
vernacular | Yes | Yes | No | No |
stiff (noun) | vernacular (noun) |
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the dead body of a human being | the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language) |
an ordinary man | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) |
stiff (adjective) | vernacular (adjective) |
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having a strong physiological or chemical effect | being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language |
rigidly formal | |
not moving or operating freely | |
very drunk | |
marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable | |
strong, vigorous | |
incapable of or resistant to bending |
stiff (adverb) | vernacular (adverb) |
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in a stiff manner | |
to a great degree |