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Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuh n-trahyvd
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtraɪvd


Definition of contrived

Origin :
  • early 14c., from Old French controver (Modern French controuver) "to find out, contrive, imagine," from Late Latin contropare "to compare" (via a figure of speech), from Latin com- "with" (see com-) + tropus "song, musical mode," from Greek tropos "figure of speech" (see trope).
  • Sense evolution (in French) was from "invent with ingenuity" to "invent falsely." Spelled contreve until unexplained 15c. sound change that also affected briar, friar, choir. Related: Contrived; contriving.
  • adj overly planned
Example sentences :
  • More than likely some of them had contrived a way to get a dinner.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • By this time they had contrived to make the cellar a little more comfortable.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Garson contrived to present an aspect of comparative indifference.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Mrs. Pendarves also contrived to be on good terms with both.
  • Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
  • How they contrived to keep themselves alive is more than I can imagine.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • I contrived to get, on a sick ticket, into the hospital, and the ship sailed without me.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Old Sir William would have contrived matters better, believe me.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • His comrade, less fortunate, at least contrived to make way to Ireland and then to France.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Something subtler, more crafty, had to be contrived to meet the emergency.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Some of them contrived to weather the storm and retain their lands.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

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