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contrived
(encz) | contrived,dokázaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
contrived
(encz) | contrived,nepřirozený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
contrived
(encz) | contrived,zaranžovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
contrived
(encz) | contrived,zinscenovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
contrived
(encz) | contrived,zvládnutý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Contrived
(gcide) | 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 exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to
design; to plan.
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What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of
the universe than infinite wisdom. --Tillotson.
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neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught
against his life. --Hawthorne.
Syn: To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot;
concert; hatch.
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contrived
(wn) | contrived
adj 1: showing effects of planning or manipulation; "a novel
with a contrived ending"
2: artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her
husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of
acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech
they develop a stilted pronunciation" [syn: artificial,
contrived, hokey, stilted] |
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uncontrived
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Contrived
(gcide) | 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 exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to
design; to plan.
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What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of
the universe than infinite wisdom. --Tillotson.
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neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught
against his life. --Hawthorne.
Syn: To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot;
concert; hatch.
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uncontrived
(wn) | uncontrived
adj 1: not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu; "an
air of unstudied spontaneous utterance is apt to be
painstakingly achieved"; "simple unstudied charm" [syn:
unstudied, uncontrived] [ant: studied] |
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