Answer:

stilted

Answer	Crossword Clue
STILTED	Artificially formal
STILTED	Contrived
STILTED	Stiffly dignified, as prose

STILTED	Stiffly formal
STILTED	Wooden in manner
STILTED	Overly formal
STILTED	Pompous
STILTED	Like awkwardly formal speech
STILTED	Stiffly dignified
STILTED	Very constrained
STILTED	Stiff and pompous

STILTED	Overly formal, as writing
STILTED	Not natural
STILTED	Pompous.
STILTED	Artificially formal.
STILTED	Pompous and formal.
STILTED	Stiffly dignified or formal.
STILTED	Formal
STILTED	Stiff

STILTED	Unnatural
STILTED	Wooden
STILTED	Unnatural-sounding
STILTED	Stiffly phrased
STILTED	Awkwardly formal
STILTED	Awkwardly written