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stiffly, adv.|ˈstɪflɪ|
[f. stiff a. + -ly2.]
In a stiff manner; so as to be stiff; (in various senses of the adj.).
c1290S. Eng. Leg. 113 Swyþe wel bi-gan þis Ercedekne holi churche bi-lede, And stifliche heold op hire riȝte. c1386Chaucer Wife's Prol. 380 Thus..Baar I stifly myne olde housbondes on honde, That thus they seyden in hir dronkenesse. c1400Lay-Folks Mass-Bk. App. iii. 123 Þat he may ben myche more stiffeloker groundyd in goddis seruise. 1422Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 153 Nero of the fayrnys of the fire-blaas stifly hym reioiet. c1425Thomas of Erceld. 49 Hir sadille was of reuylle bone,..Stifly sette with precious stone. 1535Coverdale Prov. xxx. 29 There be thre thinges yt go stiffly, but the goinge of the fourth is the goodliest of all. a1555Latimer Let. in Foxe A. & M. (1583) 1756/1 You confesse your brothers cause wherein he so stiffely standeth, to be uniust. 1599Dallam in Early Voy. Levant (Hakl. Soc.) 85 Wheare did run a rever, so bige and stifly,..that we durste not adventur to rid over it. 1623J. Taylor (Water P.) Discov. Sea Lond. Salisb. Wks. (1630) ii. 22/1 At last by Ramsgates Peere we stiffly Rowed, The winde and tyde, against vs blow'd and flowed. 1678Moxon Mech. Exerc. v. 75 The Handle..hath a Mortess in it, as long within a quarter of an Inch as the thin piece (called the Tongue) is broad, and stifly so wide as to contain the thickness of the Tongue. 1766Complete Farmer s.v. Surbating, The signs of this defect are his halting on both fore-legs, going stiffly. 1824Scott St. Ronan's vii, A bow was very stiffly exchanged between the ladies. 1885Manch. Exam. 24 Jan. 5/4 The client, however, has to pay for this..more stiffly than he often imagines.
b. In comb. with pple. or adj.
1606Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. i. Tropheis 90 Whose harmfull point is headed stifly-straight With burnisht Brasse above an Anvil's weight. 1614― Bethulia's Rescue ii. 79 Noble Palm-Trees, mounting stifly-straight. 1892E. Reeves Homeward Bound 319 Gardens, which rise terrace above terrace of stiffly cut trees. 1908Nation 26 Sept. 892/1 The stiffly-worded Anglo-Russian note. |