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Meanings of stilted in inglês

Artificially formal.

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Usage of stilted in inglês
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Taken aback, I couldn't answer, and the atmosphere grew even more stilted.
Evil and the Mask
2
His often stilted demeanour in front of the cameras was also off-putting.
News.com.au
3
Her voice had no discernible affect, while mine went straight to stilted.
With friends like these
4
She was evidently infected by the stilted manner of her ridiculous lover.
Scaramouche: A Romance of the French Revolution
5
He could think of nothing that did not sound stilted and formal.
At the Time Appointed
6
Write to me-nota stilted, legal kind of letter like the last.
Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life
7
The stilted dialogue of a true-crime show sounded from the living room.
Two Truths and a Lie
8
But while his style is sometimes stilted, Trump jnr knows his audience.
The Irish Times
9
Long, high-worded, stilted letters the poor boy wrote and rewrote and copied.
Public Speaking: Principles and Practice
10
While scientific throughout, it is singularly free from technical and stilted terms.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English / or,...
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He wandered around, talking out loud, in a voice stilted and unpleasant.
The new yorker
12
In Webster's youth, a stilted, unnatural style was popular for set speeches.
History of American Literature
13
His legs felt sluggish, and he noticed that his walking was stilted.
The unincorporated man
14
Avoid all gesture which is unmeaning, angular, abrupt, constrained, stilted, or amateurish.
Talks on Talking
15
How absurd and stilted and unreal it must have sounded to them!
Our Friend John Burroughs
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It was written in the stilted handwriting of a generation ago and read:
Guy Garrick
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Stilted through the time
Stilted across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common