deu: gestelzt

Information
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Meaning
means	(adjective) artificially formal; "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" stilted, contrived, artificial, hokey
means	(adverb) in a stilted manner; "she answered him stiltedly" stiltedly