contrived (redirected from contrivedly)

con·trived  (kn-trvd)

adj.

Obviously planned or calculated; not spontaneous or natural; labored: a novel with a contrived ending.

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con·trived·ly (-trvd-l, -trvdl) adv.

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contrived [kənˈtraɪvd]

adj

obviously planned, artificial, or lacking in spontaneity; forced; unnatural

Thesaurus

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

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contrived

adjective forced, planned, laboured, strained, artificial, elaborate, unnatural, overdone, recherché It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.
natural, relaxed, genuine, spontaneous, unaffected, unpretentious, unforced, dinkum (Austral & N.Z. informal), unconstrained, unfeigned

Translations

contrived [kənˈtraɪvd] ADJ → artificial

contrived [kənˈtraɪvd] adj (pejorative)

(= not spontaneous) → forcé(e)

(= unconvincing) [plot] → tiré(e) par les cheveux

contrived

adj → gestellt; style also → gekünstelt

contrived [kənˈtraɪvd] adj → innaturale, forzato/a

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contrived [kənˈtraɪvd] adj → innaturale, forzato/a