stilt´ed|ness

stilt´ed|ness
stilt|ed «STIHL tihd», adjective.
1. stiffly dignified or formal: »

stilted conversation. He has a stilted manner of speaking. There were letters of stilted penitence to his father, for some wrong-doing (Elizabeth Gaskell).

SYNONYM(S): pompous.
2. supported on props or posts so as to be raid above the ground.
3. raised as if on stilts.
4. raised above the general level by a course of masonry. A vault that does not spring immediately from the top of a pier or other apparent point of impost is a stilted vault.
stilt´ed|ly, adverb.
stilt´ed|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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