-vd adjective
Etymology: from past participle of contrive (I)
: showing the effects of planning or devising : artificial , labored , unnatural
the layman writhes at the contrived coyness of the dialect — Bernard De Voto
music — always one of the most contrived of all the arts — Winthrop Sargeant
• con·triv·ed·ly -və̇dlē, -li adverb