Noah Webster
Stiffly
STIFFLY, adverb
1. Firmly; strongly; as the boughs of a tree stiffly upheld.
2. Rigidly; obstinately; with stubbornness. The doctrine of the infallibility of the church of Rome is stiffly maintained by its adherents.
STIFFLY, adverb
1. Firmly; strongly; as the boughs of a tree stiffly upheld.
2. Rigidly; obstinately; with stubbornness. The doctrine of the infallibility of the church of Rome is stiffly maintained by its adherents.