"stiffish" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: stiff + -ish Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|stiff|ish}} stiff + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} stiffish (not comparable)
  1. quite stiff (all meanings) Tags: not-comparable Translations (somewhat stiff): mārōrō (Maori)
    Sense id: en-stiffish-en-adj-bdx1PY7I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish

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          "ref": "1849, Mayne Reid, The Flag of Distress",
          "text": "Even the shabbiest of shore-boats, hired for the shortest time, exacts a stiffish fare.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "ref": "1862, Edwin Waugh, Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine",
          "text": "Th' main sewer will have to be brought clean across i' this direction, an' it'll be a stiffish job.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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          "ref": "1913, Captain R. F. Scott, Scott's Last Expedition Volume I",
          "text": "Ahead of us to-night is a stiffish incline and it looks as though there might be pressure behind it.",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "mārōrō"
        }
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          "text": "Th' main sewer will have to be brought clean across i' this direction, an' it'll be a stiffish job.",
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