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- Dictionarycon·trived/kənˈtrīvd/
adjective
- 1. deliberately created rather than arising naturally or spontaneously.
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adjective. us / kənˈtrɑɪvd / Add to word list. too obviously designed to produce a particular result, and therefore not seeming to happen naturally: The movie’s plot was much too contrived. (Definition of contrived from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
The meaning of CONTRIVED is having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial, labored. How to use contrived in a sentence.
1. a. : devise, plan. contrive ways of handling the situation. The prisoners contrived a way to escape. b. : to form or create in an artistic or ingenious manner. contrived household utensils from stone. Native Americans contrived weapons out of stone, wood, and bone. 2. : to bring about by stratagem or with difficulty : manage.
to arrange a situation or event, or arrange for something to happen, using clever planning: Couldn't you contrive a meeting between them? I think they'd really like each other. [ + to infinitive ] Somehow she contrived to get tickets for the concert. to invent and/or make a device or other object in a clever and possibly unusual way:
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.
to arrange for something to happen or be done by being smart or deceiving others:
Definition of contrive verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The adjective contrived describes something that is artificially planned, especially in an obvious way, so it comes across as faked or forced. It's not just drama that can come off as contrived. Someone's speech habits, wardrobe, or even personality can seem contrived.
contrived. adjective. /kənˈtraɪvd/. /kənˈtraɪvd/. (disapproving) planned in advance and not natural or what somebody claims it is; written or arranged in a way that is not natural or realistic. a contrived situation. The book's happy ending seemed contrived. Extra Examples.
