Noun
The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI was expecting Pop Bassett to give an impersonation of a bomb falling on an ammunition dump, but he didn't. Instead, he continued to exhibit that sort of chilly stiffness which you see in magistrates when they're fining people five quid for boyish peccadilloes. P. G. Wodehouse
No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else. All the dogmatic stations in life have the effect of fixing a certain stiffness of attitude forever, as though they mesmerised the subject. Henry Adams
Prolonged sitting can cause stiffness in your lower back. Denise Austin
Advantages and disadvantages The primary advantage of the biplane over the more traditional single plane or monoplane is to combine great stiffness with light weight. Source: Internet
Asparagus was also corrupted in some places to "sparrow grass"; indeed, the Oxford English Dictionary quotes John Walker as having written in 1791 that "Sparrow-grass is so general that asparagus has an air of stiffness and pedantry". Source: Internet
Although these are fashionable, there is no evidence that they improve braking performance, nor do they add to the stiffness of the fork. Source: Internet