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2 | 29% | 10 | Like one who feels awkward or awkward | |
3 | 28% | 4 | Featured in the opening of the TV show 'The Gong Show' | |
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We think the answer is "STILTED" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Artificially formal verb
- • To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts adjective
- • Making use of or possessing a stilt or stilts, or things resembling stilts; raised on stilts.
- • Elevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on redundant, unnecessary elements.
- • Of a building or architectural feature such as an arch or vault: supported by stilts; also (generally) having the main part raised above the usual level by some structure.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The dialogue in the play felt stilted and unnatural."
- • "Her stilted delivery made it difficult to engage with the presentation."
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