Antonyms for contrived
kənˈtraɪvdcon·trived

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1. contrivedadjective

   showing effects of planning or manipulation

   "a novel with a contrived ending"

   Antonyms:
   unplanned, unaffected

   Synonyms:
   artificial, stilted, hokey

2. artificial, contrived, hokey, stiltedadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   unaffected, unplanned

   Synonyms:
   drippy, schmaltzy, sentimental, soppy, maudlin, mushy, stilted, soupy, artificial, mawkish, kitschy, slushy, unreal, hokey, bathetic, schmalzy

How to use contrived in a sentence?

1. John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

   The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistant, persuasive and unrealistic.

2. Josh Billings:

   Like other occult techniques of divination, the statistical method has a private jargon deliberately contrived to obscure its methods from non-practitioners.

3. German Proverb:

   As fast as laws are devised, their evasion is contrived.

4. Elena Kagan:

   You can't read this record without sensing that this need is a contrived one.

5. Learned Hand:

   Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.

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