stiltedly
adverb
uk/ˈstɪl.tɪd.li/us/ˈstɪl.tɪd.li/in a way that is tooformaland notsmoothornatural:
生硬地,不自然地Shespokestiltedly because she was sonervous.她说话很生硬,因为她很紧张。
"How are youfeeling?"Davidasked,ratherstiltedly.“你感觉怎么样?”大卫问道,相当不自然。
See
stilted
- Inpublicwetalkedto each other,ratherstiltedlyperhaps, but wekeptup thebehaviourof amodelfamily.
- The writing is stiltedly inauthentic.
- Hisspeechsoundedstiltedlyrehearsed, andyetutterlyheartfelt.
Ways of talking
- babble
- beg the questionidiom
- blah
- blether
- blither
- coo
- declaim
- declamatory
- drone on
- gabble
- loose
- mumble
- pipe
- quaver
- ramble
- rattle on/away
- talk trashidiom
- throwyourvoiceidiom
- trill
- yak