contrived

adjoverly planned

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adj overly planned

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affected

adjective. changed in a bad or artificial way

Word Origin & History

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.

Example Sentences for contrived

More than likely some of them had contrived a way to get a dinner.

By this time they had contrived to make the cellar a little more comfortable.

Garson contrived to present an aspect of comparative indifference.

Mrs. Pendarves also contrived to be on good terms with both.

How they contrived to keep themselves alive is more than I can imagine.

I contrived to get, on a sick ticket, into the hospital, and the ship sailed without me.

Old Sir William would have contrived matters better, believe me.

His comrade, less fortunate, at least contrived to make way to Ireland and then to France.

Something subtler, more crafty, had to be contrived to meet the emergency.

Some of them contrived to weather the storm and retain their lands.

contrived

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affected

artificial

false

faux

forced

la-di-da

contrived

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artificial

false

faux

forced

la-di-da

Synonyms for contrived

affected