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1. (adj.) contrived
obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained:
a contrived story.
Etymology: (1505–15)
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1. (adj) contrived
showing effects of planning or manipulation
"a novel with a contrived ending"
2. (adj) artificial, contrived, hokey, stilted
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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. contrived
of Contrive
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