This was all the harm it did to us, however, for although the breeze was Stiffish, it was nothing like a gale.
"Fighting the Whales"
R.M. Ballantyne
So far, with the exception of the storm which had proven so fatal to her mother, the season had been quite free from gales, or "breezes" as the fishermen call them; for with these hardy people a good-sized tornado is only a "Stiffish breeze" usually.
"Sara, a Princess"
Fannie E. Newberry
After one Stiffish drink I had no more; but I filled up a flask that was in the cupboard, and pocketed it.
"The Woman in Black"
Edmund Clerihew Bentley