He turned his head from side to side, nodding in a slow, stiff manner.

George is the taller one in the glasses, who has the accent and slightly stiff manner of a public school house master.

She remembered Sebastian's stiff manner and brief words with the woman.

He had succeeded, indeed, in bringing out the doctor's stiffest manner.

His stiff manner only made her want to fly at him again.

The walls had been decorated with paintings executed in a stiff manner.

Despite her often stiff manner, she had a quality that made one want to open up to her.

With my nerves already under strain, I found their stiff, mysterious manner quite unpleasant.

Caroline took a seat, understanding that Burns's stiff manners wouldn't permit him to do so first.

It was a good thing, since his stiff manner had been tiresome in the extreme.