stīvs

Definitions

• (of people, animals, their body parts) stiff, hard, numb lose
• (of corpses) rigid, stiff
• (of movements, states) stiff, rigid without flexibility, elasticity, softness, not free, pressured, with little or no motion, without expressivity
• (of activity) stiff, rigid, stilted not lively or vibrant, without enthusiasm, artificial, also, clumsy, inefficient
• of fabric, cloth stiff, rigid difficult to ply or fold, usually because of its density, or the pressure on it