English to English adjective
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having a strong physiological or chemical effect |  | Example: a potent toxin potent liquor a potent cup of tea a stiff drink
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Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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not moving or operating freely |  | Example: a stiff hinge
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powerful |  | Example: a stiff current a stiff breeze
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rigidly formal |  | Example: a starchy manner the letter was stiff and formal his prose has a buckram quality
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marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable |  | Example: firm convictions a firm mouth steadfast resolve a man of unbendable perseverence unwavering loyalty
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incapable of or resistant to bending |  | Example: a rigid strip of metal a table made of rigid plastic a palace guardsman stiff as a poker stiff hair a stiff neck
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very drunk |  | source: wordnet30 adverb
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extremely |  | Example: bored stiff frightened stiff
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in a stiff manner |  | Example: his hands lay stiffly
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an ordinary man |  | Example: a lucky stiff a working stiff
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the dead body of a human being |  | Example: the cadaver was intended for dissection the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay
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