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    stilted

    stilted - Dictionary definition and meaning for word stilted

    Definition
    (adj) artificially formal
    Synonyms : artificial , contrived , hokey
    Example Sentence
    • that artificial humility that her husband hated
    • contrived coyness
    • a stilted letter of acknowledgment
    • when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stilted

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The woman wore STILletos to the formal party to artificially increase her height.

Stilt refer to either of those long, slender poles (artificial legs) used to raise or elevate oneself above ground. so stilted concversations are artificial and pretentiosly formal ones.

stilted - style + tilted - its not a real style but a tilted or contrived one

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