Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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stiffness | Yes | No | No | No |
stiff | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
stiffness (noun) | stiff (noun) |
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the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend | the dead body of a human being |
the property of moving with pain or difficulty | an ordinary man |
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | |
excessive sternness | |
firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action |
stiffness (adjective) | stiff (adjective) |
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having a strong physiological or chemical effect | |
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 |
stiffness (adverb) | stiff (adverb) |
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in a stiff manner | |
to a great degree |