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Meaning of stiff-upper-lipped | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Possessing a stiff upper lip; stoic.

idiomatic

Examples

“His stiff-as-a-board tranditionally ^([sic]) masculine good looks and constrained, stiff-upper lipped portrayal of Ed was a wonderful contrast to Fierstein's androgonous ^([sic]), physically mobile Arnold.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

stiffe stiffer stiffest stiffhearted stiffish stifflike

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