stilted

[US]/ˈstɪltɪd/

[UK]/ˈstɪltɪd/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. lacking naturalness or spontaneity (of actions or speech)

we made stilted conversation.

villages of stilted houses.

All too soon the stilted conversation ran out.

the formal tone of the programmes caused them to sound stilted and unnatural.

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