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: having the curve beginning at some distance above the impost
a stilted arch
stiltedly
adverb
stiltedness
noun
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Examples of stilted in a Sentence
the conversation was somewhat stilted as we didn't seem to share any interests
a stilted letter of apology that was written and accepted with equal measures of insincerity
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They are based on the older stilted ways of natural language processing (NLP), which has frustrated people to no end.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Their first encounter, in the parking lot of the tiny town airport, is thick with the stilted awkwardness of distance.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2024
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Their first encounter, in the parking lot of the tiny town airport, is thick with the stilted awkwardness of distance.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2024
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“Stilted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stilted. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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stilted
adjective
stilt·ed
ˈstil-təd 
: not easy and natural
stilted speech
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