Your playing sounds a bit stilted. You have to loosen up your fingers.
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Stilted
//ˈstɪltɪd//
Synonyms for "stilted" (141 found)
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1 entriesderived
4 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 12 languages.
French
1 entries- guindé adj (stiff and artificially formal)
German
1 entries- gestelzt adj (stiff and artificially formal)
Icelandic
3 entries- klúsaður adj (stiff and artificially formal)
- tilgerðarlegur adj (stiff and artificially formal)
- uppskrúfaður adj (stiff and artificially formal)
Italian
4 entries- affettato adj (stiff and artificially formal)
- forzato adj (stiff and artificially formal)
- ingessato adj (stiff and artificially formal)
- pomposo adj (stiff and artificially pompous)
Latvian
1 entries- stīvs adj (stiff and artificially formal)
Norwegian
1 entries- oppstyltet adj (stiff and artificially formal)
Polish
4 entries- nadęty adj (stiff and artificially pompous)
- nienaturalny adj (stiff and artificially formal)
- paradny adj (stiff and artificially pompous)
- pompatyczny adj (stiff and artificially pompous)
Portuguese
1 entries- pomposo adj (stiff and artificially pompous)
Russian
4 entries- высокопа́рный adj (stiff and artificially formal)
- на подпо́рках adj (making use of or possessing stilts; raised on stilts)
- на сва́ях adj (making use of or possessing stilts; raised on stilts)
- на ходу́лях adj (making use of or possessing stilts; raised on stilts)
Spanish
3 entries- acartonado adj (stiff and artificially formal)
- afectado adj (stiff and artificially formal)
- redicho adj (stiff and artificially pompous)
Swedish
1 entries- uppstyltad adj (stiff and artificially formal)
Turkish
1 entries- yapmacık adj (stiff and artificially pompous)
Sample sentences
29 total sentences available.
Tom's translation sounded rather stilted.
Source: tatoeba (3018174)
She expresses herself in a rather stilted manner.
Source: tatoeba (3162825)
This translation sounds a little stilted.
Source: tatoeba (8382649)
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