stiff adj.
1 difficult to bend/move
VERBS be, feel, lie, look, sit, stand She lay stiff and still beside him. | become, get, go My trousers were getting stiff with mud. My fingers had gone stiff with cold.
ADV. very | a bit, fairly, quite, rather
PREP. with The clothes were stiff with dust and grease.
2 having sore muscles
VERBS be, feel He felt stiff all over. | become, get, go You'll get stiff if you don't have a hot bath. | leave sb, make sb All that digging made me really stiff.
ADV. really, very | all My arm's gone all stiff. | a bit, a little, rather
PREP. from stiff from kneeling
3 strong/severe
VERBS be, seem Their punishment seemed rather stiff.
ADV. very in the face of some very stiff competition | a bit, fairly, quite, rather
4 not friendly or relaxed
VERBS be, look, seem, sound She was aware that her words sounded stiff. | become
ADV. very | a bit, a little, rather, slightly, somewhat His manner seemed rather stiff and impersonal.
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