Stilty
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Stilty is an adjective meaning (of a gait) uneven, as if walking on stilts.
Meaning
(of a gait) uneven, as if walking on stilts.
More Meanings
- resembling stilts
- (archaic) pompous
Example Sentences
If he is lame in both feet the gait is stilty, the shoulders seem stiff, and, if made to work, he sweats profusely from intense pain.
He has the animal trotted, and may notice at this stage that there is an inclination to go on the toes, that the lame limb or limbs are not put forward freely, and that progression is stilty and uncertain; it is such, in fact, as to at once suggest the possibility of corns being present.
Word Forms
- stiltier
- stiltiest
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stilted, starched, stiltish, starchy, stateful, stelled.
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