contrivingn.
/kənˈtrʌɪvɪŋ/ The action of contrive v.1; contrivance; devising.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > [noun]
contrivingc1330
discoverya1527
inventiona1538
out-finding1554
boulting out1563
reperition1610
elicitation1655
ascertainment1821
the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun]
compassinga1300
contrivingc1330
undermining1433
imagininga1449
engininga1450
practising?1545
machinationc1550
packing1587
plotting1593
contrival1602
managing1607
tamperinga1627
practicking1640
texturea1641
contrivance1647
briguing1657
intrigue1668
intriguing1801
policizing1809
scheming1813
intriguery1815
schemery1822
plottery1823
shenanigan1855
game playing1916
shenaniganning1924
wheeler-dealing1968
wheeling and dealing1969
wheeling-dealing1973
the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > contriving or devising
crafta1398
artifice1526
contriving1583
hammering1589
contrivement1599
contrival1602
mintage1632
contrivance1644
fabrefaction1652
artificery1688
the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun] > devising, inventing, or designing
contriving1583
replanning1853
the mind > will > intention > planning > [noun]
compassinga1300
compassmentc1300
ordainingc1350
ordinancec1385
imaginationa1393
conjectmentc1400
before-castinga1425
forecastinga1425
imagininga1449
conjectinga1450
machinationc1550
platforming1560
plotting1593
contrivement1599
agitation1600
contrival1602
contrivage1610
projection1611
projectment1611
contrivance1647
politics1650
digestion1680
planning1730
contriving1751
scheme1790
scheming1813
schemery1822
replanning1853
mapping1856
macroplanning1966
c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 255 Of þat fals controueyng gaf þei jugement.
1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 81 Of his owne controvinge He found magique and taught it forth.
1583 P. Stubbes Anat. Abuses Ep. Ded. sig. ¶iiiv I haue taken vpon me the contryuing of this book.
1751 C. Labelye Descr. Westm. Bridge 107 Methods of my own contriving.
1858 H. W. Longfellow Children in Birds of Passage i. ix What are all our contrivings, And the wisdom of our books?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
contrivingadj.
That contrives; skilfully or artfully devising, scheming, inventive.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective]
imaginativec1405
compassingc1440
contrivinga1616
projective1640
designing1656
scheming1838
planful1862
organizatory1917
the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [adjective]
compassingc1440
practising1556
plotting1592
contrivinga1616
intriguing1682
plotful1732
machinating1751
policizing1825
scheming1838
intriguant1897
wheeling-dealing1973
the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > invention, devising > [adjective]
inventivec1450
ingenious1576
contriving1790
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. ii. 174 Our contriuing Friends in Rome. View more context for this quotation
1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues Pref. 15 Revenge is a busie and contriving Vice.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 233 A thousand uses suggest themselves to a contriving mind. View more context for this quotation
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. ii. 40 Jobs that require both a nice hand, and a contriving head.
Derivatives
conˈtrivingly adv.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [adverb]
plottinglya1651
intriguingly1741
contrivingly1748
schemingly1895
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. lvi. 221 Wickedly, as my friends still think, and contrivingly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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