stiltedness
- 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
I’d like to think the stiltedness of the entire episode was somehow meant to echo the artificiality of multiple layers of players being played.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2016
There was a queer stiltedness about the little speech.
From A Bed of Roses by George, Walter Lionel
