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stiffness
(encz) | stiffness,ztuhlost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Stiffness
(gcide) | Stiffness \Stiff"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of
cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of
character.
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The vices of old age have the stiffness of it too.
--South.
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stiffness
(wn) | stiffness
n 1: the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
2: the property of moving with pain or difficulty; "he awoke
with a painful stiffness in his neck"
3: firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action; "a
charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity"
4: the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by
embarrassment) [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness,
gracelessness, stiffness]
5: excessive sternness; "severity of character"; "the harshness
of his punishment was inhuman"; "the rigors of boot camp"
[syn: severity, severeness, harshness, rigor,
rigour, rigorousness, rigourousness, inclemency,
hardness, stiffness] |
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Restiffness
(gcide) | Restiffness \Rest"iff*ness\, n.
Restiveness. [Obs.]
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Stiffness
(gcide) | Stiffness \Stiff"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of
cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of
character.
[1913 Webster]
The vices of old age have the stiffness of it too.
--South.
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