stilted

Modifies a noun

• dialog: Top Made as a second feature with very little atmosphere and plenty of stilted dialog.
• conversation: Instead, we have to make do with a stilted conversation in the car.
• language: Instead of the rich colloquial language of the American worlds Twain grew up in we have here a stilted formal language.
• style: While this may give them a rather stilted reading style, it does mean that they are perfect for oral story-telling.
• manner: His stilted manner has softened over the years into something much more relaxed.
• banter: There seem to be awkward pauses, stilted banter and duff links all over the shop.

Modifying Another Word

• slightly: And the characters look and speak in a slightly stilted, clumsy way.
• rather: Henryb [ to JohnW ] : the conversation today seems rather stilted.
• very: But these sessions are typically very stilted and difficult to manage.
• often: Content written with one on Google's listings is often stilted and dry, if not shallow and meaningless.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: Henryb [ to JohnW ] : the conversation today seems rather stilted.
• sound: During the course of this we're treated to very artful dialog which gets across valuable information without sounding too stilted.