(of a person's behaviour or way of speaking or writing) too formal and not smooth or natural

He writes in a formal and somewhat stilted style. 他的写作风格刻板，相当生硬。

The dialogue sounded stilted and unnatural, perhaps because of the translation from the original Russian. 对话听起来很生硬，非常不自然，可能是因为从俄文原著翻译过来的缘故。

Synonyms: artificialcontrived