Definition of "stiffly" [stiff•ly]

• In a stiff manner. (adverb)

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• "It would appear that only the Governor-General, who has a personal connection with Haiti and who has just lost friends and relatives there, is expected to remain stiffly aloof, waving a maple-leaf flag."
• "His famous helmet of conked hair, which used to descend in stiffly contoured waves to his shoulders, is graying now, and has been trimmed to form a bob that protrudes a good six inches from the back of his head, ballast for the great round expanse of his outthrust jowls and chin."
• "For a long moment Jaric stared at the broken skin of his hands, his expression stiffly unreadable."