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adjective
Date: 15th century
artificial, labored <a contrived plot>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
contrived
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Contrived — Origin Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Genres Rock, alternative Years active 2000–present Labels Dependent Hand Drawn Dracula … Wikipedia
contrived — index aforethought, assumed (feigned), controlled (automatic), strategic, tactical Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William … Law dictionary
contrived — [adj] overly planned affected, artificial, elaborate, fake, false, forced, labored, manipulated, overdone, phony, recherché, strained, unnatural, unspontaneous; concepts 564,582 … New thesaurus
contrived — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ deliberately created rather than arising spontaneously … English terms dictionary
contrived — [kəntrīvd′] adj. too obviously the result of forethought and planning; not spontaneous or natural … English World dictionary
contrived — [[t]kəntra͟ɪvd[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned. There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said … English dictionary
contrived — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ highly … Collocations dictionary
contrived — adjective a story, situation etc that is contrived has been written or arranged in a way that seems false and not natural: The film had a ridiculously contrived story line … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Contrived — Contrive Con*trive (k[o^]n*tr[imac]v ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contriving}.] [OE. contriven, contreven, controven, to invent, OF. controver, contruver; con + trouver to find. See {Troubadour}, {trover}.] To form by an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
contrived — contrivedly /keuhn truy vid lee/, adv. /keuhn truyvd /, adj. obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained: a contrived story. [1505 15; CONTRIVE + ED2] * * * … Universalium
