styltig

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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 superlative1
common singular styltig styltigare styltigast
neuter singular styltigt styltigare styltigast
plural styltiga styltigare styltigast
masculine plural2 styltige styltigare styltigast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 styltige styltigare styltigaste
all styltiga styltigare styltigaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

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