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adjective. us/kənˈtrɑɪvd/ Add to word listAdd to word list. too obviously designed to produce a particular result, and therefore not seeming to happen naturally: The movie’s plot was much too contrived. (Definition of contrived from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
to arrange a situation or event, or arrange for something to happen, using clever planning: Couldn't you contrive a meeting between them? I think they'd really like each other. [ + to infinitive ] Somehow she contrived to get tickets for the concert. to invent and/or make a device or other object in a clever and possibly unusual way:
The meaning of CONTRIVED is having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial, labored. How to use contrived in a sentence.
to arrange a situation or event, or arrange for something to happen, using clever planning: Couldn't you contrive a meeting between them? I think they'd really like each other. [ + to infinitive ] Somehow she contrived to get tickets for the concert. to invent and/or make a device or other object in a clever and possibly unusual way:
1. a. : devise, plan. contrive ways of handling the situation. The prisoners contrived a way to escape. b. : to form or create in an artistic or ingenious manner. contrived household utensils from stone. Native Americans contrived weapons out of stone, wood, and bone. 2. : to bring about by stratagem or with difficulty : manage.
The adjective contrived describes something that is artificially planned, especially in an obvious way, so it comes across as faked or forced. It's not just drama that can come off as contrived. Someone's speech habits, wardrobe, or even personality can seem contrived.
contrived. adjective. /kənˈtraɪvd/. /kənˈtraɪvd/. (disapproving) planned in advance and not natural or what somebody claims it is; written or arranged in a way that is not natural or realistic. a contrived situation. The book's happy ending seemed contrived. Extra Examples.
If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.
When you contrive, you make a plan or a plot. It may take you longer to contrive your way out of doing your homework than would to actually do it. Even though contrive often has a false or cunning feel to it, it is not always a bad thing.
1. (transitive) to manage (something or to do something), esp by means of a trick; engineer. he contrived to make them meet. 2. (transitive) to think up or adapt ingeniously or elaborately. he contrived a new mast for the boat. 3. to plot or scheme ( treachery, evil, etc) Collins English Dictionary.
