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adj. difficult to bend/move VERBS be, feel, lie, look, sit, stand She lay stiff and still beside him. | become, get, go My trousers were getting stiff with mud. My fingers had gone stiff with cold. ADV. very | a bit, fairly, quite, rather PREP. with The clothes were stiff with dust and grease. having sore muscles VERBS be, feel He felt stiff all over. | become, get, go You'll get stiff if you don't have a hot bath. | leave sb, make sb All that digging made me really stiff. ADV. really, very | all My arm's gone all stiff. | a bit, a little, rather PREP. from stiff from kneeling strong/severe VERBS be, seem Their punishment seemed rather stiff. ADV. very in the face of some very stiff competition | a bit, fairly, quite, rather not friendly or relaxed VERBS be, look, seem, sound She was aware that her words sounded stiff. | become ADV. very | a bit, a little, rather, slightly, somewhat His manner seemed rather stiff and impersonal.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary