adjective
having a stiff back (Freq. 1)
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the guards stood stiff-backed and unsmiling
• Similar to: ↑backed
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective1. : rigidly erect
a stiff-backed sergeant
a stiff-backed aristocrat
stiff-backed Boston
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stiff-backed «STIHF BAKT», adjective.
1. erect or rigid of posture, as a soldier at attention.
2. Figurative. stiffly precise; rigid; formal: »
There is nothing stiff-backed about the furnishings of her mind (New Yorker).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.