Definitions
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- adjective Somewhat stiff.
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- adjective quite
stiff (all meanings)
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Is not that what we, who are not artists, would call a stiffish price?"
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies James McNeill Whistler 1868
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Ad time in blah-blah-blah had been sold at a stiffish rate, too, and if you cut short the blah-blah-blah, that means there's nothing to fill the space between ad breaks.
After post-Super Bowl spot, 'Glee' falls short of another big score Lisa de Moraes 2011
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Her husband, Lycett Green, a stiffish, old young man, well pleased with himself and his position as master of foxhounds in some northern swamp.
Watershed 2010
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What I got was my story, by return post, with a stiffish rejection.
Finding Gold among the Dross | The Stiletto Gang The Stiletto Gang 2008
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Rub in marge to the flour, add sugar, beaten egg and milk together and mix to a stiffish dough.
Mixed up Moussaka and other stuff Jes 2009
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Rub in marge to the flour, add sugar, beaten egg and milk together and mix to a stiffish dough.
Archive 2009-01-01 Jes 2009
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Linda is enviably slender and she wore a tailored dark mauve brocade jacket over a camisole and her skirt was layers of stiffish black tulle.
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Linda is enviably slender and she wore a tailored dark mauve brocade jacket over a camisole and her skirt was layers of stiffish black tulle.
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Linda is enviably slender and she wore a tailored dark mauve brocade jacket over a camisole and her skirt was layers of stiffish black tulle.
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Pour the wet ingredients into the flour and stir together adding 150g sultanas to make a stiffish batter.
Archive 2008-11-01 MissPrism 2008
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