Etymology

stiffly

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Today it means: With stiffness; lacking a smooth flow of movement, or lacking movement altogether. Full definition →

Middle English stifly
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromstifly
  2. English todaystiffly

From Middle English stifly, styfly; equivalent to stiff + -ly.

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