Answer: stilted

AnswerCrossword Clue
STILTEDPompous.
stiltedSTILT, to raise on long slender poles
stiltedpompous lofty
STILTEDAwkwardly written
STILTEDAwkwardly formal
STILTEDStiffly phrased
STILTEDUnnatural-sounding
STILTEDWooden
STILTEDUnnatural
STILTEDStiff
STILTEDFormal
STILTEDStiffly dignified or formal.
STILTEDPompous and formal.
STILTEDArtificially formal.
STILTEDArtificially formal
STILTEDNot natural
STILTEDOverly formal, as writing
STILTEDStiff and pompous
STILTEDVery constrained
STILTEDStiffly dignified
STILTEDLike awkwardly formal speech
STILTEDPompous
STILTEDOverly formal
STILTEDWooden in manner
STILTEDStiffly formal
STILTEDStiffly dignified, as prose
STILTEDContrived