Stiffness
['stɪfnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action; 'a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity'.
(noun.) the property of moving with pain or difficulty; 'he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck'.
(noun.) the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend.
Editor: Manuel--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.
Typist: Lucas
Examples
- The machine goes readily enough, but there is some stiffness in the working of it, and it has lost a little of its force. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Drinking the toast with tremendous stiffness. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I don't mean to be baffled by a little stiffness on your part; I'm prepared to go to considerable lengths. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There was a certain priggish Sunday-school stiffness over him, priggish and detestable. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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