adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The dialogue was stilted and robotlike.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A stilted walkway led through a gate to the sand.
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Consequently they sound stilted and reluctant and rob what they say of much reward value.
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Conversation seemed rather stilted and for some time Charlie himself seemed unable to speak at all.
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Flashbacks to stilted junior-year productions started whizzing by faster than you can say Grosse Pointe Blank.
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Formerly it was stilted , boring, narrow in approach and poorly laid out.
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In one of the evening's best performances, she recounts a recent audition in a hilariously stilted delivery.
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She stole their golden hearts and gave the lakeside people garlands, linking their stilted arms like dancers.
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What was it that was happening, with this stilted mist hanging, obscuring the view of all but the immediate path ahead.