Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - contrived
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Contrived
contrived
1. If you say that something someone says or does is contrived, you think it is false and deliberate, rather than natural and not planned. There was nothing contrived or calculated about what he said... It mustn’t sound like a contrived compliment. = artificial ? spontaneous ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval 2. If you say that the plot of a play, film, or novel is contrived, you mean that it is unlikely and unconvincing. The plot seems contrived. ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval
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2.
adj. planned so carefully as to seem unnatural; artificial, forced (the plot seemed contrived). ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. напускной, натянутый contrived gaiety —- напускное веселье contrived excitement —- притворное волнение contriver 1. выдумщик; изобретатель 2. экономная (домашняя) хозяйка ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
4.
~ adj a story, situation etc that is contrived has been written or arranged in a way that seems false and not natural (The film had a ridiculously contrived story line.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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