stilted
adjective
stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous.
stiltedly
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a word derived from
stilted.
Example Sentences
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It’s a lot of people talking at each other stiltedly, not with each other.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2014
“Well,” Roy said stiltedly, “she wanted it that way; she believed she’d be safer as a public figure.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
He was quite polite, however, though a little stiltedly so, as if not to the manner born.
From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by John Campbell
I think he’s quite nice,” Esther said stiltedly.
From The Phantom Lover by Ruby M. (Ruby Mildred) Ayres
“It remains for Judge Barton to be trite and to warn you that they have just begun,” she said, a little stiltedly.
From The Locusts' Years by Mary Helen Fee
