Stiffness

(noun.) firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action; 'a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity'.

(noun.) the property of moving with pain or difficulty; 'he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck'.

(noun.) the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend.

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• The machine goes readily enough, but there is some stiffness in the working of it, and it has lost a little of its force. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Drinking the toast with tremendous stiffness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I don't mean to be baffled by a little stiffness on your part; I'm prepared to go to considerable lengths. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• There was a certain priggish Sunday-school stiffness over him, priggish and detestable. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

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