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Dictionary: con·trived   (kən-trīvd') pronunciation
adj.
Obviously planned or calculated; not spontaneous or natural; labored: a novel with a contrived ending.

contrivedly con·triv'ed·ly (-trī'vĭd-lē, -trīvd') adv.

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adjective

    Not natural or spontaneous: effortful, forced, labored, strained. See true/false.

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adj

Definition: forced
Antonyms: natural, spontaneous


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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: showing effects of planning or manipulation

Meaning #2: artificially formal
  Synonyms: artificial, stilted


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - udspekuleret, kunstig, konstrueret

Nederlands (Dutch)
gezocht, geforceerd

Français (French)
adj. - manigancé, artificiel, forcé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - künstlich, arrangiert

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αφύσικος και βεβιασμένος

Italiano (Italian)
ricercato, forzato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - inventado

Русский (Russian)
искусственный, натянутый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - rebuscado, afectado, artificial

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - planerad, konstlad

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
人为的, 做作的, 不自然的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 人為的, 做作的, 不自然的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 인위적인, 무리를 한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 人為的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مفتعل, مدبر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מעושה, מאולץ‬


 
 
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