The meaning of CONTRIVED is having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial, labored. How to use contrived in a sentence.

CONTRIVED definition: 1. artificial and difficult to believe: 2. artificial and difficult to believe: 3. too obviously…. Learn more.

Contrived definition: obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained.. See examples of CONTRIVED used in a sentence.

If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned.

contrived - showing effects of planning or manipulation; "a novel with a contrived ending"

Definition of contrived adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. planned in advance and not natural or what somebody claims it is; written or arranged in a way that is not …

If you can easily predict the final minutes of a made-for-TV movie, then call it contrived. The adjective contrived describes something that is artificially planned, especially in an obvious …

Jan 14, 2025 · contrived (comparative more contrived, superlative most contrived) Created in a deliberate, rather than natural or spontaneous, way. Unnatural, forced; artificial, or unrealistic.

Synonyms for CONTRIVED: strained, mock, unnatural, false, fake, exaggerated, simulated, artificial; Antonyms of CONTRIVED: spontaneous, natural, genuine, real, unaffected, artless, …

Thus, altogether unsurprisingly, the new rulers contrived to 'manipulate city space', conscripting architectural and urban form as the mediators of administrative, religious and social power.