He moved stiffly after doing too much in the gym the day before.
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Stiffly
//ˈstɪfli//
Synonyms for "stiffly" (8 found)
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Translations
26 translations across 15 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 呆板地 adv (in a stiff manner)
- 笨拙地 adv (in a stiff manner)
Finnish
1 entries- kankeasti adv (in a stiff manner)
French
1 entries- rigidement adv (in a stiff manner)
Galician
1 entries- rixidamente adv (in a stiff manner)
Georgian
2 entries- გახევებულად adv (in a stiff manner)
- მოჭიმულად adv (in a stiff manner)
Hungarian
1 entries- mereven adv (in a stiff manner)
Italian
2 entries- legnosamente adv (in a stiff manner)
- rigidamente adv (in a stiff manner)
Japanese
3 entries- こりこり adv (in a stiff manner)
- ごつごつ adv (in a stiff manner)
- ごわごわ adv (in a stiff manner)
Latin
1 entries- dūrē adv (in a stiff manner)
Latvian
1 entries- stīvi adv (in a stiff manner)
Middle English
2 entries- stifly adv (in a stiff manner)
- styfly adv (in a stiff manner)
Norman
1 entries- rigidement adv (in a stiff manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- rigidamente adv (in a stiff manner)
Russian
1 entries- жёстко adv (in a stiff manner)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- dȑveno adv (in a stiff manner)
- krȗto adv (in a stiff manner)
- ùkōčeno adv (in a stiff manner)
- др̏вено adv (in a stiff manner)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Tom stood stiffly.
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Lacking sleep, he fell stiffly on the bed.
Source: tatoeba (11133260)
The poplars stood in two endless rows with their leafless branches pointing stiffly heavenwards.
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