Antonyms for contriving
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuhn-trahyv |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtraɪv |
Definition of contriving
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.
- verb invent, design
- verb bring about, succeed with difficulty
- To these scanty means of improvement, she added another of her own contriving.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- And so I was contriving to do all I could to guard against the latter.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- It is plain enough to me that certain people are contriving for his ruin.
- Extract from : « The Symposium » by Xenophon
- A man that's so ready for a contingency has generally some hand in contriving it.'
- Extract from : « The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- Does he keep him in mind years and years and go on contriving miseries for him?
- Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
- And this was a special job, of his own contriving, and of considerable novelty.
- Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
- The conditions were all of the experimenters' own contriving.
- Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland
- And first he joined the Latins to the Romans, contriving the matter in this fashion.
- Extract from : « Stories From Livy » by Alfred Church
- To Wauna it was a revelation of magnificence in nature beyond her contriving.
- Extract from : « Mizora: A Prophecy » by Mary E. Bradley
- Such a contriving and racking of brains as Polly and Ben set up after this!
- Extract from : « Five Little Peppers And How They Grew » by Margaret Sidney
Synonyms for contriving
- achieve
- angle
- arrange
- carry out
- cogitate
- collude
- come up with
- compass
- concoct
- connive
- construct
- cook up
- create
- develop
- devise
- dream up
- effect
- elaborate
- engineer
- execute
- fabricate
- fashion
- finagle
- forge
- form
- formulate
- frame
- handle
- hatch
- hit upon
- improvise
- intrigue
- jockey
- machinate
- make
- make up
- manage
- maneuver
- manipulate
- manufacture
- mastermind
- move
- negotiate
- pass
- plan
- play games
- plot
- project
- rig
- scheme
- shift
- swing
- throw together
- trump up
- vamp
- wangle
- whip up
- work out
- wrangle
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