stiffly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   in a stiff manner

   Their hands lay stiffly at their sides.

2. 2
   adv

   In a stiff manner.

   'Twas Mr. Glennie who first moved to seek me; for when the second day came that I was not at school, he thought that I was ill, and went to my aunt's to ask how I did, as was his wont when any ailed. But Aunt Jane answered him stiffly that she could not say how I did.

3. 3
   adv

   in a rigid manner

From Middle English stifly, styfly; equivalent to stiff + -ly.

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