stiffly

English edit

From Middle English stifly, styfly; equivalent to stiff +‎ -ly.

stiffly (comparative more stiffly, superlative most stiffly)

In a stiff manner.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, chapter 5, in Moonfleet, London, Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934:
  'Twas Mr. Glennie who first moved to seek me; for when the second day came that I was not at school, he thought that I was ill, and went to my aunt's to ask how I did, as was his wont when any ailed. But Aunt Jane answered him stiffly that she could not say how I did.
- 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 86:
  'Very well, Clara,' she said stiffly, 'but I shall also speak to your father.'

in a stiff manner

Chinese:
Mandarin: 呆板地, 笨拙地
Finnish: kankeasti (fi)
French: rigidement (fr)
Galician: rixidamente
Georgian: გახევებულად (gaxevebulad), მოჭიმულად (moč̣imulad)
Italian: rigidamente (it), legnosamente (it)
Japanese: こりこり (コリコリ, korikori), ごわごわ (ja) (ゴワゴワ, gowagowa), ごつごつ (ja) (ゴツゴツ, gotsugotsu)
Latin: dūrē
Latvian: stīvi
Middle English: stifly, styfly
Norman: rigidement
Portuguese: rigidamente (pt)
Russian: жёстко (ru) (žóstko)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кру̑то, др̏вено, у̀ко̄чено

Roman: krȗto (sh), dȑveno (sh), ùkōčeno (sh)

stiffly