stiffly 的 4 个定义
stiff·er, stiff·est.
- rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- not moving or working easily: The motor was a little stiff from the cold weather.
- not supple; moving with difficulty, as from cold, age, exhaustion, or injury.
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- Slang. a dead body; corpse.a formal or priggish person.a poor tipper; tightwad.a drunk.
- Slang. a fellow: lucky stiff; poor stiff.a tramp; hobo.a laborer.
- Slang. a forged check.a promissory note or bill of exchange.a letter or note, especially if secret or smuggled.
- Slang. a contestant, especially a racehorse, sure to lose.
- in or to a firm or rigid state: The wet shirt was frozen stiff.
- completely, intensely, or extremely: I'm bored stiff by these lectures.We're scared stiff.
stiffly 近义词
等同于 awkwardly
等同于 firmly
由stiffly构成的短语
- stiff as a board
- stiff upper lip
- bore to death (stiff)
- keep a stiff upper lip
- scare out of one's wits (stiff)
更多stiffly例句
- My friend Tim LeBon, a London-based cognitive behavioral therapist and author, has done research on this to fight back against the “stiff upper lip” understanding of Stoicism.
- The Independent faces stiff competition in establishing itself as a recognized global news brand to compete with the likes of The New York Times or The Guardian, said media analyst Ian Whittaker.
- Those connections are stiff and resist bending under pressure.
- Hand-knee crawling also gently engages your hips and shoulders, which tend to get stiff from sitting for long periods of time.
- In fact, if you want a stiffer challenge, try doing this puzzle entirely in your head.
- And—to judge by the guy in a suit with an earpiece standing stiffly in the hotel lobby—Commissioner has a security detail of one.
- Abed, seemingly exhausted from translating, stood stiffly and went to use the bathroom.
- There were intermediates too—like at Stella McCartney, where a sweater dress stiffly jutted from a clean-cut ensemble.
- But Sarkozy looked haggard when he stiffly walked out of the hospital Monday afternoon in his ubiquitous dark suit.
- The plain furniture was stiffly arranged, and there was no litter of clothing or small feminine belongings.
- He drew himself up more stiffly than before, as he declined the offer.
- He bowed a trifle stiffly, and was surprised to have his bow returned with a graciousness that amounted almost to cordiality.
- The Frenchman's blade scintillated in the setting sun around Haggard's more stiffly held weapon.
- Zeal, who was sitting stiffly forward, his hands gripping the arms of his chair, laughed dryly.