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CONTRIVED
(adj.) 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"
synonyms : artificial , hokey , stiltedcon => corn & tri => tree.. so if you ever see a corn tree anywhere, then it must be artificial because corn trees don't exist -added by rajat jain
(adj.) showing effects of planning or manipulation
"a novel with a contrived ending"
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Origin
Sounds like Derived... Which is Artifical or forced to existance. added by vivekharin
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