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    con·trived
    [kənˈtrīvd]
    adjective
    contrived (adjective)
    1. deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.
      • created or arranged in a way that seems artificial and unrealistic:
        "the ending of the novel is too pat and contrived"
    con·trive
    [kənˈtrīv]
    verb
    contrived (past tense) · contrived (past participle)
    1. create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice:
      "his opponents contrived a crisis" · "you contrived to be alone with me despite the supervision"
      • manage to do something foolish or create an undesirable situation:
        "the poor guy in some way contrived to hang himself"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French contreuve-, stressed stem of controver ‘imagine, invent’, from medieval Latin contropare ‘compare’.
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    adjective
    1. deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.
      deliberate
      careful
      thoughtful
      considered
      conscious
      calculated
      intentional
      volitional
      designed
      mannered
      measured
      studious
      knowing
      purposeful
      guarded
      affected
      forced
      strained
      labored
      feigned
      artificial
      overworked
      overdone
      self-conscious
      Opposite:
      natural
      spontaneous
    verb
    1. create or bring about (an object or a situation) by deliberate use of skill and artifice:
      bring about
      engineer
      manufacture
      orchestrate
      stage-manage
      create
      devise
      concoct
      construct
      design
      formulate
      plan
      work out
      think up
      dream up
      come up with
      fabricate
      plot
      hatch
      wangle
      set up
      cook up
      procure
      cause to happen
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