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stiffness
noun(stiff-ness)
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
stiffness
noun(stiff-ness)
excessive sternness
stiffness
noun(stiff-ness)
firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
Examples:
A charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity.
stiffness
noun(stiff-ness)
the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
stiffness
noun(stiff-ness)
the property of moving with pain or difficulty
Examples:
He awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck.

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