Contrived — Origin Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Genres Rock, alternative Years active 2000–present Labels Dependent Hand Drawn Dracula … Wikipedia
contrived — index aforethought, assumed (feigned), controlled (automatic), strategic, tactical Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William … Law dictionary
contrived — [adj] overly planned affected, artificial, elaborate, fake, false, forced, labored, manipulated, overdone, phony, recherché, strained, unnatural, unspontaneous; concepts 564,582 … New thesaurus
contrived — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ deliberately created rather than arising spontaneously … English terms dictionary
contrived — [kəntrīvd′] adj. too obviously the result of forethought and planning; not spontaneous or natural … English World dictionary
contrived — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc. ▪ highly … Collocations dictionary
contrived — adjective a story, situation etc that is contrived has been written or arranged in a way that seems false and not natural: The film had a ridiculously contrived story line … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Contrived — Contrive Con*trive (k[o^]n*tr[imac]v ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Contrived}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contriving}.] [OE. contriven, contreven, controven, to invent, OF. controver, contruver; con + trouver to find. See {Troubadour}, {trover}.] To form by an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
contrived — adjective Date: 15th century artificial, labored < a contrived plot > … New Collegiate Dictionary
contrived — contrivedly /keuhn truy vid lee/, adv. /keuhn truyvd /, adj. obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained: a contrived story. [1505 15; CONTRIVE + ED2] * * * … Universalium
