Her erect ears pointed backward, and she stood stiffly with her back arched. Frankenstein's monster dances stiffly and woodenly. The caricatural figures are treated stiffly and imposingly, with humor and gaiety. In flight, it holds its wings stiffly, alternating between rapid, quivering flaps and longer glides. Crouch was a narrow, inflexible man who stiffly followed the rules. "Vicia faba" is a stiffly erect plant tall, with stems that are square in cross-section. It makes a medium-sized tree with a stiffly upright habit. Suddenly Ezra Mannon enters and stops stiffly before his house. Lansbury's Marple was a crisp, intelligent woman who moved stiffly and spoke in clipped tones. One week later, Lavinia stands stiffly at the top of the front stairs with Christine. Very self-conscious, he held himself very stiffly and with a hard expression in his eyes. Gus returns to life; he now moves stiffly and rarely speaks, but treats Drew better. With modern, over-dampened, and stiffly sprung suspensions this is less likely to be effective. The labellum is joined stiffly to the column and has three lobes. The other chassis (where the skirts and such were located) was stiffly sprung.