contrivedadj.
/kənˈtrʌɪvd/ a. Ingeniously or artfully devised or planned.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > planned
compassedc1430
contrivedc1450
imagined1509
castc1540
devised1552
plotted1592
projected1630
brewed1637
forelaid1640
laid1697
calculated1723
planned1728
unspontaneous1791
programmed1845
tactical1876
drafted1877
programmatical1890
programmatic1899
c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 333 The firste warde thus thay wonne By this fals contrevede engyne.
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xi. viii. 73 Hys dreid and sle controvit [1553 contruwit] feir.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. i. 161 The guilt of premeditated and contriued Murther.
1641 J. Milton Animadversions 20 As insufficiently..did they provide by their contrived Liturgies.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xiii. vii. 62 Don't you consider this contrived Interview as little better than a downright Assignation? View more context for this quotation
b. With qualification, as ill-contrived.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > planned > well or badly
well-deviseda1425
well-laid1533
well-calculated1593
well-laid1595
well-designed1624
best-laida1626
ill-contrived1632
well-planned1728
well-schemed1728
set piece1947
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1682) iv. 135 A loathsom contrived place.
1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 160 In Mansion prudently contriv'd.
1713 Acct. South-west Barbary 2 The Houses are large, but very ill contriv'd.
1772 J. Adams tr. A. de Ulloa Voy. S. Amer. (ed. 3) II. vii. xii. 130 Most of the houses are of stone, well contrived.
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