Stiffly formal
Crossword Clue and Answers

Today we have 2 crossword solutions for Stiffly formal which appeared recently in The New York Times Crossword.

We have deemed Stiffly formal as a COMMON crossword clue as we have seen it included in several crossword publications.

The most recent answer we found for this clue is "PRIM".

Publications

  • The New York Times Crossword - Wednesday, 6 Jan 2021
  • The New York Times Crossword - Monday, 2 Mar 2020
  • The New York Times Crossword - Sunday, 10 Nov 2019
  • The Daily Mail Smallest Hardest - Friday, 7 Dec 2018
  • The New York Times Crossword - Monday, 17 Apr 2017

Crossword Answers

4 letters

PRIM
Contract one's lips; "She primmed her lips after every bite of food"

7 letters

STILTED
Artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"