All 3 Uses
contrived
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
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- She procured plain work; she plaited straw and by various means contrived to earn a pittance scarcely sufficient to support life.†
p. 34.4 *contrived = unnatural or arranged
- I observed this also and contrived a fan of branches, which roused the embers when they were nearly extinguished.†
p. 107.5
- Here also we made some acquaintances, who almost contrived to cheat me into happiness.†
p. 166.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(contrived) unnatural seeming (due to careful planning)
or more rarely:
arranged (that something should happen) - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)