Usually means: Rigid, inflexible in posture or attitude.
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  1. stiff-backed: Merriam-Webster
  2. stiff-backed: Vocabulary.com
  3. stiff-backed: Wordnik
  4. stiff-backed: Wiktionary
  5. stiff-backed: Dictionary.com
  6. Stiff-backed: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. stiff-backed: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. stiff-backed: Rhymezone
  9. Stiff-backed: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. stiff-backed: FreeDictionary.org
  11. stiff-backed: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. Stiff-backed: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  obstinate

Similar:
backed, stiff-hearted, stiffhearted, stiff-necked, buttheaded, sturdy, stiffish, stifflike, hardheaded, obstinate, more...

Opposite:
relaxed, slouchy, supple, flexible

Types:
unbending, rigid, resolute, tenacious, unyielding, more...

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Similar:
backed, stiff-hearted, stiffhearted, stiff-necked, buttheaded, sturdy, stiffish, stifflike, hardheaded, obstinate, more...

Opposite:
relaxed, slouchy, supple, flexible

Types:
unbending, rigid, resolute, tenacious, unyielding, more...



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