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contrived
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Adjective
  • 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
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