CONTRIVANCE


Meaning of CONTRIVANCE in English

kən.ˈtrīvən(t)s noun

( -s )

1. : the act or faculty of contriving

a ready and lively contrivance of certain ideal solutions — J.P.Anton

: inventive ability : skill at devising : ingenuity

the writer's expert contrivance often becomes mere trickery

2. : the quality or state of being contrived : artificial arrangement or mechanical assembling as opposed to natural or logical development

at times in the story contrivance is obvious and so are coming events — L.T.Bulman

the lack of emotional impact which is the effect of a too careful contrivance — Times Literary Supplement

3. : a thing contrived:

a. : artifice , scheme , plan

telling a story honestly without dramatic contrivances

government is a contrivance of human wisdom — Edmund Burke

b. : a mechanical device : invention , appliance

how prosaic the modern … contrivances compared to the old boilers [fire-engines] — Elmer Rice

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.