styltig
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
styltor (“stilts”) + -ig (“-y”)
Adjective edit
styltig (comparative styltigare, superlative styltigast)
- clumsy and unnatural, awkward, stilted
- styltigt dialog
- stilted/awkward dialogue
- en styltig artikel
- an awkwardly written article
Usage notes edit
Not necessarily due to forced formality or the like.
Declension edit
| 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 | |||