He shook my hand somewhat stiltedly, as if he was uncomfortable touching people. ❋ Jennette Fulda (2011)
Her voice sounded different than usual, Doug noticed, more rhythmic, less natural, and there was something about her words that seemed stiltedly formal, which did not ring true. ❋ Chelsea White (2010)
The US court documents also lays bare the stiltedly textbook spycraft used by the Russians to identify their own side. ❋ And Peter Walker (2010)
Michael Lerman at indieWIRE: "Sweet, saccharine and stiltedly hilarious, Eagle vs Shark, though downbeat, hits many of the right notes to reach a wide audience and still feel charmingly small in scale despite the fact that it is co-funded by Miramax." ❋ Unknown (2007)
Like the 1939 classic it adores, Australia is stiltedly comical, sweepingly starry-eyed, and melodramatic in its approach to war and racism. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The evening got off on an unsteady note as models Iman and Veronica Webb introduced the program as if they were kicking off a school assembly, reading their prepared text stiltedly and managing to mangle the names of a couple of the evening's choreographers. ❋ Wolcott, James, 1952- (2009)
They scan stiltedly to me, and I find them unpleasant to read. "r u goin 2 b ther?" sounds like "Ur oo going to buh there?" in my head. ❋ Unknown (2008)
I did however come across this disturbing bit of video where the entire Adscam caucus tries to frighten endangered animals by clapping as loudly and stiltedly as possible kiss my adverbs bitches. ❋ CC (2008)
Thane had seen her at his funeral in Washington, D.C. and had spoken stiltedly to her. ❋ Mckenna, Lindsay (2001)
She said stiltedly, 'Just'thank you, and good luck.' ❋ Craven, Sara (2000)
He imagined young lovers sitting stiltedly on the horsehair chairs, then remembered that these cottages had been built for pensioners, and any wooing must have been done by those old enough to know better. ❋ Deborah Crombie (1995)
"This velvet came from Venice," Rosy told Guard stiltedly. ❋ Jordan, Penny (1995)
"By the way," he added rather stiltedly, "I understand that congratulations are in order." ❋ Jordan, Penny (1991)
Slowly, stiltedly, the creature tottered back to the vat. ❋ Thompson, Paul B. (1990)
In those days and earlier, when moviegoing and reading got mixed up, it was usually through the harmless medium of the photoplay edition—an inexpensive reprint of a recently filmed book, with a picture of the star on the cover and a few stiltedly captioned stills stuck in at random. ❋ Larry McMurtry (1987)
