stilted
adjective
stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous.
unstilted
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a word derived from
stilted.
Example Sentences
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He has an unstilted conversational style, packed with matter-of-fact questions asked and then answered.
From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2015
Onstage, they saw simple and well-lighted sets, fresh and unstilted acting.
From Time Magazine Archive
These are orders in crisp, unstilted language that show his determination to scuttle those customs and traditions that no longer seem to have a point−if indeed they ever did.
From Time Magazine Archive
"That's what comes of trying to satisfy them fellows," one City Father observed, in an indignant and unstilted speech to his colleagues.
From The Philistines by Arlo Bates
He was courteous and urbane in his manners, probably kind in disposition, not bloodthirsty nor cruel, supremely politic and conciliating in his intercourse with statesmen and diplomatists, and generally simple and unstilted in his manners.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 10 European Leaders by John Lord
