CONTRIVED

artificial, contrived, hokey, stilted

(adjective) 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”

contrived

(adjective) showing effects of planning or manipulation; “a novel with a contrived ending”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

contrived

simple past tense and past participle of contrive

Adjective

contrived (comparative more contrived, superlative most contrived)

Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way.

Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.

Synonyms

• staged

Antonyms

• spontaneous

Source: Wiktionary

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CONTRIVE

Con*trive", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contrived; p.pr. & vb.n. Contriving.] Etym: [OE. contriven, contreven, controven, to invent, OF. controver, contruver; con- + trouver to find. See Troubadour, trover.]

Definition: To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan. What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of the universe than infinite wisdom. Tillotson. neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life. Hawthorne.

Syn.

– To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot; concert; hatch.

Con*trive", v. i.

Definition: To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot. The Fates with traitors do contrive. Shak. Thou hast contrived against th very life Of the defendant. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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