starchy (s)
stiff (s)
buckram (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def rigidly formal
examples a starchy manner
the letter was stiff and formal
his prose has a buckram quality
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Similar to formal
Derivationally related form stiff → stiffness
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Similar to formal
Derivationally related form stiffness → stiff

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