She answered him stiltedly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
She said stiltedly, 'Just'thank you, and good luck.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Tycoon's Mistress]
Slowly, stiltedly, the creature tottered back to the vat. From Wordnik.com. [Riverwind the Plainsman]
"This velvet came from Venice," Rosy told Guard stiltedly. From Wordnik.com. [Unwanted Wedding]
Thane had seen her at his funeral in Washington, D.C. and had spoken stiltedly to her. From Wordnik.com. [A Man Alone]
"By the way," he added rather stiltedly, "I understand that congratulations are in order.". From Wordnik.com. [A Cure For Love]
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. From Wordnik.com. [gadget help revisited] Reference
Like the 1939 classic it adores, Australia is stiltedly comical, sweepingly starry-eyed, and melodramatic in its approach to war and racism. From Wordnik.com. [Buzzine » DVD Roundup] Reference
Porter sat in front, talking on a radio, saying in stiltedly guarded sentences that the party had arrived and the proposals should be implemented. From Wordnik.com. [In The Frame]
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. From Wordnik.com. [Baby Games] Reference
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.". From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily: Sundance. Eagle vs Shark.] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Shrimp Balls and Booty Calls: The ABT Gala: James Wolcott] Reference
I suppose what is weird about this is how stiltedly structural it is. From Wordnik.com. [Tuttle SVC] Reference
"It's my favorite dish," he replied, stiltedly, readily cloaking himself in his best table manners. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Georgia sketches,] Reference
For she read very stiltedly, with a strange exotic accent for the love passages or the death scenes. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement] Reference
He did not know if he were being stiltedly unnatural, but even if he were that was better than to display excitement. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Midshipman Easy]
Yes, some lines were a little hokey and delivered a bit stiltedly, but anyone who has read the book can vouch that it has some rather silly dialogue. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
John Baizely, claims his band's music to be influenced by "fine art, cinema, and literature," which is as stiltedly silly as name-dropping higher mathematics, physics, or philosophy, when what the band really peddles is exactly the everything-and-nothing. From Wordnik.com. [Village Voice - The most recent 10 stories] Reference
At times, the double entendres sound haphazardly stumbled upon, such as the lyrics of "Keep It Up", which stiltedly states "I can get it up/When you're getting down/Get down/Dig deep" as if a confused cry of transgendered yearning, both "keeping it up" and "digging deep". From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters] Reference
She's amateurish in Fast and Loose, as if she's practiced her lines at home and is simply reciting them for us; she looks scared, sometimes, and this fear would turn up again in her next movies in the series, It Pays to Advertise (1931), which is stolen by Louise Brooks in the first reel, and Up Pops the Devil (1931), where Lombard has the lead, but just treads water, stiltedly. From Wordnik.com. [The House Next Door] Reference
It makes sense: these are hypothetical and bloodless and stiltedly extreme monuments and monodramas for 'teenagers of all ages', as someone said, books composed for the bourgeoisie to give itself culture or a fright, which needed Hollywood or UFA to make them real, to give them expressions, faces, bodies, rooms and dialogue; and to drain some of the schematic grand guignol out of them. From Wordnik.com. [Davos Newbies] Reference
It was a wonderful two months, " she added stiltedly. From Wordnik.com. [Rome's Revenge]
Then: ‘Thank you,’ she said stiltedly. From Wordnik.com. [The Count's Blackmail Bargain]
"I'm not sulking," Rosy told him stiltedly. From Wordnik.com. [Unwanted Wedding]
"Yes, " Cuthbert said, stiltedly formal now. From Wordnik.com. [The Gunslinger]
Michael Lerman at indieWIRE: "Sweet, saccharine and stiltedly hilarious. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily] Reference
He said it formally, stiltedly, then turned away. From Wordnik.com. [The Martian Way]
‘Oh, I couldn’t,’ she refused stiltedly. From Wordnik.com. [Pregnant by the Millionaire]
She said stiltedly, "You're a very good driver. From Wordnik.com. [Rome's Revenge]
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