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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I was worried at first that these actors, good as they were, wouldn’t be able to overcome the stiltedness of a video call—that it would remain an exercise.
From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2020
There’s a bittersweet circularity to the tune, with a deliberate stiltedness to the arrangement.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 10, 2018
But some of this group managed to trump its stiltedness.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 24, 2018
They’re fake and robotic, beginning and ending with a stiltedness that never accompanies real human laughter.
From The Verge ● Jul. 19, 2017
He laughed at the utter absurdity of the idea and in doing so, broke the tension and the stiltedness of the scene, as he realized that Feo had deliberately intended it to become.
From The Rustle of Silk by Cosmo Hamilton
