All 9 Uses of
contrived
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- 'tis wonderful what can be done by contrivance!†
Chpt 7-9 *
- Four lambs hung in various embarrassing attitudes over his shoulders, and the dog George, whom Gabriel had contrived to fetch from Norcombe, stalked solemnly behind.†
Chpt 13-15
- Bathsheba immediately contrived to withdraw, and glided along by the river till she was a stone's throw off.†
Chpt 19-21
- The arrangement was that Miss Everdene should honour them by coming there for a day or two to inspect some ingenious contrivances which this man of the woods had introduced into his wares.†
Chpt 31-33
- By this hurried contrivance Bathsheba's property in wheat was safe for at any rate a week or two, provided always that there was not much wind.†
Chpt 34-36
- The faculty of contrivance was worn out.†
Chpt 40-42
- Had he done this intentionally, yet contrived to make his death appear like an accident?†
Chpt 46-48
- This occurred in the middle of the haymaking, and Boldwood contrived to be near Liddy, who was assisting in the fields.†
Chpt 49-51
- Bathsheba, however, awoke voluntarily at four, nor could she by any contrivance get to sleep again.†
Chpt 55-57
Definition:
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(contrived) unnatural seeming (due to careful planning)
or more rarely:
arranged (that something should happen)