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
“We may have other cards up our sleeves,” said Mr. Mix, stiltedly.
From Rope by Holworthy Hall
It was evident that the major spoke thus stiltedly with a design upon the swine driver's intelligent pig, which still manifested its affection for the dog, beside whom it had gone to sleep.
From The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams
For she read very stiltedly, with a strange exotic accent for the love passages or the death scenes.
From Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston
