Synonyms for contrived
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kuh n-trahyvd |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtraɪvd |
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Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for contrived
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