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Meanings of stiff in English
Having a strong physiological or chemical effect.
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Marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable.
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Usage of stiff in English
1
May 20:-Requiresspoon-feeding; sleeps well; remains always in bed in stiff attitudes.
2
But the process was marked by stiff political and trade union opposition.
3
My body is stiff after a long day working on the house.
4
Extending that to banks, however, is likely to stir up stiff opposition.
5
Despite the stiff penalties, illegal gambling has grown exponentially in recent years.
6
The deal had initially faced stiff political opposition in the United States.
7
Quintanar wants to see perpetrators taken to court and stiff sentences imposed.
8
Stir in the flour; add the whites beaten to a stiff froth.
9
It brings people a new hope, less of a stiff upper lip.
10
The back's been feeling stiff for the last five days, six days.
11
Ieremia says Georgia will provide a stiff challenge for his new team.
12
Their movements stiff, efficient in every way, favoring conservation over natural motion.
13
Avoiding eye contact was the number-two way, right under stiff body movements.
14
When the company was reassembled in the drawing-room the etiquette was stiff.
15
Separate the eggs; beat the whites until they are stiff and dry.
16
There was in the stiff shuffle of the men something rather familiar.
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