(n.) The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.

adamantness aridity barrenness bloodlessness buckram ceremonial ceremoniousness ceremony characterlessness cohesiveness colorlessness costliness deadness dearness dignity dismalness dourness dragginess dreariness dryness dullness durability dustiness effeteness emptiness etiolation extrinsicality firmness flatness flintiness form formality formalization fundamentalism gravity great cost grimness hard-bittenness hard-nosedness hardiness hardness heaviness highness hollowness immovability immutability impliability inanity inelasticity inexcitability inexorability inflexibility infrangibility insipidity insipidness intransigeance intransigence intransigency intransigentism irreconcilability jejunity lastingness leadenness leatherlikeness lifelessness lowness of spirit luxuriousness obduracy obdurateness obstinacy orthodoxy paleness pallor pointlessness pokiness pomp pomposity ponderousness precisianism primness purism puritanism relentlessness renitence renitency resistance richness rigidity rigidness rigor rigorism rigorousness ritual rituality ropiness slowness solemnity spiritlessness stamina starchiness steeliness steepness sterility sternness stiff temper stiltedness stodginess strength stringiness stubbornness stuffiness stylization sumptuousness superficiality tastelessness tautness tediousness tenacity tenseness tension tensity tightness toughness unalterability unbendingness unbreakability unbreakableness unchangeability uncompromisingness ungivingness uninterestingness unliveliness unrelentingness unyieldingness vapidity vapidness viscidity vitality weight woodenness