STIFFLY, adverb
1. Firmly; strongly; as the boughs of a tree stiffly upheld.
2. Rigidly; obstinately; with stubbornness. The doctrine of the infallibility of the church of Rome is stiffly maintained by its adherents.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.