If someone speaks in a ~ way, they speak in a formal or unnatural way, for example because they are not relaxed.
We made polite, ~ conversation...
= laboured
? easy
ADJ
If someone speaks in a ~ way, they speak in a formal or unnatural way, for example because they are not relaxed.
We made polite, ~ conversation...
= laboured
? easy
ADJ
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012