styltig

Swedish

Etymology

styltor (“stilts”) +‎ -ig (“-y”)

Adjective

styltig (comparative styltigare, superlative styltigast)

  1. clumsy and unnatural, awkward, stilted
    styltigt dialog
    stilted/awkward dialogue
    en styltig artikel
    an awkwardly written article

Usage notes

Not necessarily due to forced formality or the like.

Declension
Inflection of styltig
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular styltig styltigare styltigast
Neuter singular styltigt styltigare styltigast
Plural styltiga styltigare styltigast
Masculine plural3 styltige styltigare styltigast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 styltige styltigare styltigaste
All styltiga styltigare styltigaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References
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