STILTED


Meaning of STILTED in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ stɪltɪd ]

If someone speaks in a stilted way, they speak in a formal or unnatural way, for example because they are not relaxed.

We made polite, stilted conversation...

= laboured

≠ easy

ADJ

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