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English Dictionary: contrived	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for contrived
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
contrived adj showing effects of planning or manipulation; "a novel with a contrived ending" 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" Synonym(s): artificial, contrived, hokey, stilted
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Contrive \Con*trive"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contriving}.] [OE. contriven, contreven, controven, to invent, OF. controver, contruver; con- + trouver to find. See {Troubadour}, {trover}.] To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan. What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of the universe than infinite wisdom. --Tillotson. neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life. --Hawthorne. Syn: To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot; concert; hatch.