contrived lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• plan and direct (a complex undertaking) "he masterminded the robbery"
• come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
• put or send forth "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner" "The setting sun threw long shadows" "cast a spell" "cast a warm light"
• make or work out a plan for; devise "They contrived to murder their boss" "design a new sales strategy" "plan an attack"
• intellectually appealing "a sophisticated drama"
• 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"
• showing effects of planning or manipulation "a novel with a contrived ending"