Adjective: contrived kun'trIvd
- Showing effects of planning or manipulation
"a novel with a contrived ending"
- Artificially formal
"contrived coyness";
- artificial, hokey [N. Amer, informal], stilted
- Come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort
"contrive a way to measure the speed of light";
- invent, devise, excogitate, formulate, forge
- Put or send forth
"contrive a spell";
- project, cast, throw
See also: affected, planned, unnatural
Type of: create by mental act, create mentally, direct, send
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