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stiltedly
adverb
uk /ˈstɪl.tɪd.li/ us /ˈstɪl.tɪd.li/
in a way that is too formal and not smooth or natural: 生硬地，不自然地
She spoke stiltedly because she was so nervous.她说话很生硬，因为她很紧张。
"How are you feeling?" David asked, rather stiltedly.“你感觉怎么样？”大卫问道，相当不自然。
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stilted
In public we talked to each other, rather stiltedly perhaps, but we kept up the behaviour of a model family.
The writing is stiltedly inauthentic.
His speech sounded stiltedly rehearsed, and yet utterly heartfelt.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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atonally
beg the questionidiom
blah
blither
come out
coo
pipe up
prate
spit something out
spluttery
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talk nonsenseidiom
talk through your hatidiom
tattle
telegrammatic
turn of phrase
undertone
wax
witter
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