Synonyms of the word stiffly


STIFFLYBOLT - RIGIDLY - STIFF

stiffly

  • adv. In a stiff manner.

bolt

  • n. A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one…
  • n. A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
  • n. A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides…
  • n. A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
  • n. A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by…
  • n. A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
  • n. A sudden event, action or emotion.
  • n. A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
  • n. (nautical) The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
  • n. A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
  • n. A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
  • n. (US, politics) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected;…
  • n. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
  • v. To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
  • v. To secure a door by locking or barring it.
  • v. (intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
  • v. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
  • v. (intransitive) To escape.
  • v. (intransitive, botany) Of a plant, to grow quickly; to go to seed.
  • v. To swallow food without chewing it.
  • v. To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
  • v. (US, politics) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected;…
  • v. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
  • adv. Suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
  • v. To sift, especially through a cloth.
  • v. To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
  • v. To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
  • v. (law) To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
  • n. A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.

rigidly

  • adv. In a rigid manner; stiffly.

stiff

  • adj. (of an object) Rigid, hard to bend, inflexible.
  • adj. (figuratively, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
  • adj. (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
  • adj. (colloquial) Harsh, severe.
  • adj. (of muscles or parts of the body) Painful as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.
  • adj. Potent.
  • adj. Dead, deceased.
  • adj. (of a penis) Erect.
  • adj. (cooking, of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their…
  • adj. (mathematics) Of an equation: for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless…
  • n. An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff…
  • n. A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.
  • n. (slang) A cadaver, a dead person.
  • n. (US) A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
  • n. (blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
  • v. To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.
  • v. to cheat someone.
  • v. to tip ungenerously.

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