Stiffness

Definitions

1. Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
   countable, uncountable
2. Inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
   countable, uncountable
3. Inelegance; a lack of relaxedness.
   countable, uncountable
4. Muscular tension due to unaccustomed or excessive exercise or work; soreness.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“His stiffness hampered the conversation.”

“Study⟳ gives strength to the mind⟳; conversation, grace: the first apt to give⟳ stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form⟳ to the statue, the other polishes it.”

“After years when I met a friend inside the aircraft and could sense⟳ stiffness in the conversation, a whiff of mild slang was the ice breaker, followed by loads of campus nostalgia.”

“Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), often referred to by doctors today as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type⟳ of arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for more than six weeks in a child aged 16 or younger. It affects approximately 50,000 children in the United States. Inflammation causes redness, swelling, warmth, and soreness in the joints, although many children with JRA do not complain⟳ of joint pain.”

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