noun. undefined

noun. The act of contriving.

noun. The state of being contrived.

noun. Something contrived, as a mechanical device or a clever plan.

noun. The act of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning the disposition or combination of things or acts, for a particular purpose.

noun. The thing contrived, planned, or invented; a device, especially a mechanical one; an artifice; a scheme; a stratagem.

noun. Synonyms 2. Plan, invention, design; machination, stratagem; Device, Shift, etc. See expedient, n.

noun. The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.

noun. The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; artifice; arrangement.

noun. a (mechanical) device to perform a certain task

noun. a means, such as an elaborate plan or strategy, to accomplish a certain objective

noun. something overly artful or artificial

noun. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

noun. an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.

noun. any improvised arrangement for temporary use

noun. the faculty of contriving; inventive skill

noun. the act of devising something

noun. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

"When the level of narrative contrivance is such that anything can happen or be forgotten in the space of a week, then nothing matters."

artifice  construction  devising  formation  ingeniousness  

contrive  

arrangement  conception  design  excogitation  innovation  

connivance  

accomplishment  adaptation  appliance  arrangement  artifice  

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