Not easily bent; not
flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as,
stiff wood, paper, joints.
Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious;
inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is
stiff.
Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose;
as, a stiff gale or breeze.
Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn;
obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary.
Not natural and easy; formal; constrained;
affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff
style.
Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to
bear.
Bearing a press of canvas
without careening much; as, a stiff vessel; -- opposed to
crank.
Very large, strong, or costly; powerful;
as, a stiff charge; a stiff price.
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