Both Uses of
contrived
in
The Hobbit
- Shelters could be contrived for few (the Master had one) and there was little food (even the Master went short).†
Chpt 14 *
- For the issuing of the stream they had contrived a small low arch under the new wall; but near the entrance they had so altered the narrow bed that a wide pool stretched from the mountain-wall to the head of the fall over which the stream went towards Dale.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(contrived) unnatural seeming (due to careful planning)
or more rarely:
arranged (that something should happen)