stilted

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1. stilted - Adjective

2. stilted - Verb

4. stilted - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Stilt

Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation.

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To him, a stilted geometric love of arrangement was "system,” an indefatigable and feverish interest in the pettiest facets of day-to-day bureaucracy was "industry,” indecision when right was "caution,” and blind stubbornness when wrong, "determination.”. Isaac Asimov

Videogames are a little more work and they're a little more stilted. Carlos Alazraqui

They are slow, proud, And move with a stilted stride To the land of sheer horizon... Richard Wilbur

Continuous present is all we have, and stream of consciousness - which in a novel is arguably just as artificial as the stilted dialogue that you get in most conventional novels. They're all stratagems to try to get closer to the texture of lived life. Will Self

The tall camels of the spirit Steer for their deserts, passing the last groves loud With the sawmill shrill of the locust, to the whole honey of the arid Sun. They are slow, proud, And move with a stilted stride To the land of sheer horizon... Richard Wilbur

that artificial humility that her husband hated Source: Internet

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