stiffish
adj/ˈstɪfɪʃ/
Etymology From stiff + -ish.
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Somewhat stiff (all senses).
- Even the shabbiest of shore-boats, hired for the shortest time, exacts a stiffish fare.1849, Mayne Reid, The Flag of Distress:
- Th' main sewer will have to be brought clean across i' this direction, an' it'll be a stiffish job.1862, Edwin Waugh, Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine:
2 more examples
- Ahead of us to-night is a stiffish incline and it looks as though there might be pressure behind it.1913, Captain R. F. Scott, Scott's Last Expedition Volume I:
- Beyond the latter station—reached after traversing the only level mile of track between East Suffolk Junction and Beccles—a stiffish climb leads across heathland to Wickham Market Station, which is actually at Campsea Ashe, 1½ miles from the town of Wickham Market.1954 December, D. S. Barrie and B. D. J. Walsh, “Railways of East Suffolk”, in Railway Magazine, page 816: