Firm or hard: Not easily bent or moved: If you are stiff or part of your body is stiffÒ€¦.

If a doorknob is stiff, it won't turn smoothly, and if the smile on your face is stiff, itÒ€ℒs frozen and unnatural looking. When a person is stiff, they are artificial and unrelaxed Ò€ unless they're scared stiff or Ò€¦ Stiff, the least specific, refers to what can be flexed only with difficulty (a brush with stiff bristles); With reference to persons it often suggests a lack of ease, cold formality, or fixity, as of purpose: Stiff in Ò€¦

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