Definition of Stiffer

1. Adjective. (comparative of stiff) More rigid, more inflexible, more unbending. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stiffer

1. stiff [adj] - See also: stiff

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stiffer

stiff-necked
stiff-tailed duck
stiff-tailed ducks
stiff aster
stiff gentian
stiff person syndrome
stiff upper lip
stiffed
stiffen
stiffened
stiffener
stiffeners
stiffening
stiffenings
stiffens
stiffer (current term)
stiffest
stiffie
stiffies
stiffing
stiffish
stifflike
stiffly
stiffnecked
stiffneckedness
stiffness
stiffnesses
stiffs
stiffship
stiffships

Literary usage of Stiffer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of Civil Engineering: A General Reference Work on Surveying by Frederick Eugene Turneaure, American Technical Society, American School of Correspondence (1909)
"The position of the columns fixes, of course, the spans of beams and girders. A stiffer frame will result if the beams run Typical Floor Plan Fig. ..."

2. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania by Royal Society of Tasmania (1903)
"... again, the fact becomes apparent that Tasmanian timbers are not only stronger and less variable in strength than European timber, but are also stiffer. ..."

3. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1897)
"A few months after purchase the enlargement increased, and her gait got stiffer and stiffen Various applications were tried, and, in addition, ..."

4. A Compendium of Modern Husbandry: Principally Written During a Survey of by James Malcolm (1805)
"... and as they work well in most seasons, they would be a valuable article upon the stiffer soils, but I understand they cannot at all times be procured. ..."

5. The Ordeal by Fire: By a Sergeant in the French Army by Marcel Berger (1916)
"... CHAPTER XI A MUCH stiffer MATTER WE had hardly taken fifteen steps when the whistle began in our ears again! We threw ourselves down. ..."

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