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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stiff-backedadjective

    having a stiff back

    "the guards stood stiff-backed and unsmiling"

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  1. stiff-backed

    Stiff-backed generally describes a person who is very formal, strict, inflexible, or upright in their physical posture or their attitude, behavior, or approach towards certain things. It may also refer to something that is rigid or unyielding.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Stiff-backedadjective

    obstinate

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stiff-backed in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stiff-backed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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