CONTRIVED


Meaning of CONTRIVED in English

-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

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