ADJ-GRADED (言谈)呆板的,生硬的,不自然的 If someone speaks in a stilted way, they speak in a formal or unnatural way, for example because they are not relaxed. (言谈)呆板的,生硬的,不自然的
We made polite, stilted conversation.
我们客套了一番。
His delivery was stilted and occasionally stumbling.