artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
the house-elf who worked for Hepzibah Smith, who was a very old and very rich witch; Hokey was accused of killed Hepzibah, but it was really Voldemort who killed her (HBP20)