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stiff-neckedly

stiff-neckedly adverb: in a stiff-necked manner.

Adverb

stiff-neckedly (comparative more stiff-neckedly, superlative most stiff-neckedly)

  1. In a stiff-necked manner.

Forms of stiff-neckedly

comparativemore stiff-neckedly
superlativemost stiff-neckedly

Origin of stiff-neckedly

From stiff-necked + -ly.

Questions about stiff-neckedly

What does stiff-neckedly mean?
Stiff-neckedly means in a stiff-necked manner.
What part of speech is stiff-neckedly?
Stiff-neckedly is an adverb.

Words near stiff-neckedly in the dictionary

  1. stiff-backed
  2. stiff-hearted
  3. stiff-leaf goldenrod
  4. stiff-lipped
  5. stiff-necked
  6. stiff-neckedly
  7. stiff-neckedness
  8. stiff-person syndrome
  9. stiff-tailed duck
  10. stiff-tailed ducks
  11. stiff-upper-lipped

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