stiffly

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɪfli/

Adverb

stiffly (comparative more stiffly, superlative most stiffly)

1. In a stiff manner.
   • 1898, J. Meade Falkner, chapter 5, in Moonfleet, London, Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934:

     'Twas Mr. Glennie who first moved to seek me; for when the second day came that I was not at school, he thought that I was ill, and went to my aunt's to ask how I did, as was his wont when any ailed. But Aunt Jane answered him stiffly that she could not say how I did.

   • 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 86:

     'Very well, Clara,' she said stiffly, 'but I shall also speak to your father.'

Translations

in a stiff manner

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 呆板地, 笨拙地

• Finnish: kankeasti (fi)
• French: rigidement (fr)
• Galician: rixidamente
• Georgian: გახევებულად (gaxevebulad), მოჭიმულად (moč̣imulad)
• Italian: rigidamente (it), legnosamente (it)
• Japanese: こりこり (コリコリ, korikori), ごわごわ (ja) (ゴワゴワ, gowagowa), ごつごつ (ja) (ゴツゴツ, gotsugotsu)
• Latin: dūrē
• Latvian: stīvi
• Middle English: stifly, styfly
• Norman: rigidement
• Portuguese: rigidamente (pt)
• Russian: жёстко (ru) (žóstko)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кру̑то, др̏вено, у̀ко̄чено

  Roman: krȗto (sh), dȑveno (sh), ùkōčeno (sh)

Middle English

Adverb

stiffly

1. Alternative form of stifly