·superl Harsh; disagreeable; severe; hard to bear.
II. Stiff ·superl Firm; strong; violent; difficult to oppose; as, a stiff gale or breeze.
III. Stiff ·superl Very large, strong, or costly; powerful; as, a stiff charge; a stiff price.
IV. Stiff ·superl Bearing a press of canvas without careening much; as, a stiff vessel;
— opposed to crank.
V. Stiff ·superl Not easily subdued; unyielding; stubborn; obstinate; pertinacious; as, a stiff adversary.
VI. Stiff ·superl Not natural and easy; formal; constrained; affected; starched; as, stiff behavior; a stiff style.
VII. Stiff ·superl Not liquid or fluid; thick and tenacious; inspissated; neither soft nor hard; as, the paste is stiff.
VIII. Stiff ·superl Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints.