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.
例句
We made polite, stilted conversation...
我们客套了一番。
His delivery was stilted and occasionally stumbling.
他的发言很生硬，有时还打结巴。