Your playing sounds a bit stilted. You have to loosen up your fingers.
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Stilted
/ˈstɪltɪd/
Synonyms for "stilted" (160 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Adjective(5 words)
Noun(1 words)
academic inarticulacy
Strong matches (48)
flatulentflauntingfloweryforcedformalfulsomegarishgassygaudygenteelgongoresquegracelessgrandiloquentgrandiosegrandisonantguindehaltingheavyhighhigh flown
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high flyinghigh soundinghigh-flowinghigh-flownhigh-flyinghigh-soundinghighfalutinin buckraminflatedinkhornjohnsonianla-di-dalaboredlabyrinthinelatinateleadenlexiphanicliftedlofty
Verb(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
less fluid
Related words (80)
lumberingluridmagniloquentmanneredmeretriciousmincingmuscle-boundon stiltsorotundostentatiousoverblownoverdoneoverelaborateoverinvolvedoverwroughtpedanticpompousponderouspontificalpretentious
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Adjective(18 words)
machinelikeoverformalizeraiserigidifyritualistic sequencerobotic action planrobotic gesturerobotic systemstiffstiff actionstiffenstiffeststodgierstuffierstuffiesttextbook phrasinguninspiredwoodenest
Noun(3 words)
more forcedmost forcedstiff movement
Determiner(1 words)
most forced reading
Verb(1 words)
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More general
3 entriesdescriptive adjectivemodify formphysical action
More specific
7 entriesacrobatic ascentoverformal prosestiff rhetoricstilted dialoguestilted prosestilted speechstilts demonstration
Collocations
9 entrieson stiltsstilted deliverystilted dialoguestilted languagestilted mannerstilted prosestilted tonestilting motionwalk on stilts
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample sentences
29 total sentences available.
Tom's translation sounded rather stilted.
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She expresses herself in a rather stilted manner.
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This translation sounds a little stilted.
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