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adjective
- 1. deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.
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Contrived means artificial and difficult to believe, or too obviously designed to produce a particular result. Learn how to use this word in sentences and find synonyms, translations and related words.
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:
Contrived definition: obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained. See examples of CONTRIVED used in a sentence.
Contrive means to devise, plan, or invent something, or to bring about something by stratagem or difficulty. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for contrive.
to bring about or effect by a plan, scheme, or the like; manage: He contrived to gain their votes. to plot (evil, treachery, etc.). Synonyms: scheme, conspire. verb (used without object) , con·trived, con·triv·ing. to form designs; plan. to plot. Synonyms: connive. contrive. / kənˈtraɪv / verb.
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.
Definition of contrived adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. make or work out a plan for; devise. “They contrived to murder their boss” synonyms: design, plan, project. see more see less. verb. come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort. synonyms: devise, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent. see more see less. verb. put or send forth.
If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.
