stilted

Adjective
  1. Artificially formal (synset 300074073)
    "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
    similar to: affected, unnatural - speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
    same as: artificial, contrived, hokey

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