stilted
adjective
stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous.
stiltedness
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a word derived from
stilted.
Example Sentences
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There’s a bittersweet circularity to the tune, with a deliberate stiltedness to the arrangement.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 10, 2018
This is writing peppered with phrases of a purposeful stiltedness.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2018
They’re fake and robotic, beginning and ending with a stiltedness that never accompanies real human laughter.
From The Verge ● Jul. 19, 2017
Despite the stiltedness of some of the dialogue, the scene has genuine emotional power.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2016
How could any one prefer this stiltedness to that ease, this self-consciousness to that state of being unaware of self?...
From Changing Winds A Novel by St. John G. (St. John Greer) Ervine
