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contrived

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con·trived  (kn-trvd)
adj.
Obviously planned or calculated; not spontaneous or natural; labored: a novel with a contrived ending.
con·trived·ly (-trvd-l, -trvdl) adv.
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Adj.1.contrived - showing effects of planning or manipulation; "a novel with a contrived ending"
planned - designed or carried out according to a plan; "the planned outlays for new equipment"
2.contrived - 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"
stilted, artificial, hokey
affected, unnatural - speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression
contrived
adjective forced, planned, laboured, strained, artificial, elaborate, unnatural, overdone, recherché << OPPOSITE natural


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Then the Butcher contrived an ingenious plan For making a separate sally; And fixed on a spot unfrequented by man, A dismal and desolate valley.
The Hunting of the Snark by Carroll, Lewis View in context
When Dionysius heard this he permitted him to take his money with him, but forbid him to continue any longer in Sicily, as being one who contrived means for getting money inconsistent with his affairs.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
I surpassed myself, the suffering one; I carried mine own ashes to the mountain; a brighter flame I contrived for myself.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
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