Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for STIFF'LY
STIFF'LY, adv.
- Firmly; strongly; as, the boughs of tree stiffly upheld. – Bacon.
- Rigidly obstinately; with stubbornness. The doctrine of the infallibility of the Church of Rome is stiffly maintained by its adherents.
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