Unnatural-sounding and over-formal (7)

I believe the answer is:

stilted

(Other definitions for stilted that I've seen before include "Stiff and unnatural" , "Bombastic (of speech, writing)" , "Artificially formal or contrived" , "Unnatural sounding and overformal" , "Stiff, self-conscious" .)

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