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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Mnemonics for contrived
(Tag: English) Con(not true, as in con artist, con job)+Try --not truly trying=Contri(ved) ie forced , artificial, not spontaneous
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(Tag: ) recollecting the game contra as in it was artificial
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(Tag: ) Con+trived=cant+tried i.e.one cant try to cheat
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(Tag: ) contrived = cont. (continue) + tried; After continue try the artificial format of human logis come with artificial Intelligence.
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