| 1. contrived | |
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Showing effects of planning or manipulation
"a novel with a contrived ending";
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| 2. contrived [ Synonyms: artificial, hokey, stilted] | |
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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";
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