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Definitions for CONTRIVED
kənˈtraɪvdcon·trived

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. contrivedadjective

    showing effects of planning or manipulation

    "a novel with a contrived ending"

  2. artificial, contrived, hokey, stiltedadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. contrivedadjective

    unnatural, forced

Wikipedia

  1. Contrived

    Contrived is a Canadian indie rock band. Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Montreal, Quebec, the band consists of Mike Bigelow, Loel Campbell, Mike MacNeill, Tim D'Eon and Jon Samuel. Four of the five members are also in the band Wintersleep, and two were in Holy Fuck.The band released two full-length albums and one EP on Dependent Music before signing to Hand Drawn Dracula, which released their third album in 2008.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Contrived

    of Contrive

Wikidata

  1. Contrived

    Contrived is a Canadian indie rock band based in Halifax and Montreal that formed in June 2000. The band consists of Mike Bigelow, Loel Campbell, Mike MacNeill, Tim D'Eon and Jon Samuel. They are signed to Hand Drawn Dracula. Four of the five members are in the Juno Award-winning band Wintersleep, and two are in Juno and Polaris-nominated Holy Fuck,. They have released three full-length albums and one EP.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CONTRIVED in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CONTRIVED in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of CONTRIVED in a Sentence

  1. Scott C. Holstad:

    reality is often little more than a mirror reflecting visions made of ice and steel cold permanent and carefully contrived.

  2. Josh Billings:

    Like other occult techniques of divination, the statistical method has a private jargon deliberately contrived to obscure its methods from non-practitioners.

  3. The Renewable Fuels Association:

    The recent spike in RIN prices appears contrived and driven by something other than basic supply-demand fundamentals.

  4. Elena Kagan:

    You can't read this record without sensing that this need is a contrived one.

  5. Adamo Macri:

    I do preach the idea of individualism as in not adapting any kind of style or model other than that one of your own. I always found it strange in art history when studying about the different guilds and movements. It sounded too contrived and having to follow devised parameters to create art. I personally am not a team player in that manner. The art should be labeled by the artist's name only.

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