'Contrived' definitions:
Definition of 'contrived'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Showing effects of planning or manipulation; "a novel with a contrived ending"
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" [syn: artificial, contrived, hokey, stilted]
Definition of 'Contrived'
From: GCIDE
- 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 exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan. [1913 Webster]
- What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of the universe than infinite wisdom. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life. --Hawthorne.
- Syn: To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot; concert; hatch. [1913 Webster]