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US
/ˈstɪfnəs/
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[ UK /stˈɪfnəs/ ]
[ UK /stˈɪfnəs/ ]
NOUN
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excessive sternness
the rigors of boot camp
severity of character
the harshness of his punishment was inhuman - the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
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firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity - the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
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the property of moving with pain or difficulty
he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck
How To Use stiffness In A Sentence
- The drop-in module, which adds to the stiffness and torsional rigidity of the whole vehicle, ties the car together from the seats rearward and from b-pillar to b-pillar.
- Having obtained the metacentric height, reference to a diagram will at once show the whole range of stability; and this being ascertained at each loading, the stowage of the cargo can be so adjusted as to avoid excessive stiffness in the one hand and dangerous tenderness on the other. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883
- Over time, as the boot leather flexes, stiffness decreases.
- Some of the stiffness will boil out when you first wash the cloth.
- Side effects may include headaches, muscle pain, joint stiffness, weakness, high blood sugar (hyperglycemia), sugar in your urine (glucosuria), swollen hands and feet due to fluid retention, and redness and itching in the area you inject. Medlogs - Recent stories
- I was feeling fine, didn't have any pain, any stiffness, so when that happens, you've really got to stretch it out as much as you can and try to get in rhythm as much as you can, and that's what I'm trying to do, Bryant said. Charlie Crist's first pitch strong on comedy if not accuracy
- John Terry had treatment from the England osteopath yesterday, Sunday, who was brought down to the Chelsea training ground to help the captain recover from his back stiffness.
- The seat mast has an elastomer in one of three stiffnesses, and up to 3cm of spacers can be slipped on under it to maximize seat height once the seat mast has been cut to length. Interbike Tech: Look 695 Pack
- The patient complained of some stiffness in the lumbo-sacral region, but the right synchondrosis was no doubt implicated in the track. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
- It is effective as an antispasmodic for muscle cramps, stiffness, aches, overuse, sprains, bruises, sciatica, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia and poor circulation.