Stiffly
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: In a stiff manner.
Stiff
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible.Of policies and rules and their application and enforcement, inflexible.Of a person, formal in behavior, unrelaxed.Harsh, severe.Of muscles, or parts of the body, painful, as a result of excessive, or unaccustomed exercise.potent.dead, deceasedOf a penis, erect
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff.A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.A cadaver, a dead person.A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.
Example sentence: When you have committed enough words to paper, you feel you have a spine stiff enough to stand up in the wind. But when you stop writing, you find that's all you are - a spine, a row of rattling vertebrae, dried out like an old quill pen.