All 6 Uses of
contrived
in
Sense and Sensibility
- But how she contrives it without reflecting on the character of her own father, who had himself two wives, I know not.†
Chpt 11 *contrives = arranges -- especially in an unnatural way
- That the hair was her own, she instantaneously felt as well satisfied as Marianne; the only difference in their conclusions was, that what Marianne considered as a free gift from her sister, Elinor was conscious must have been procured by some theft or contrivance unknown to herself.†
Chpt 18contrivance = a device created for a purpose OR something arranged (often seeming artificial)
- Elinor found, when the evening was over, that disposition is not materially altered by a change of abode, for although scarcely settled in town, Sir John had contrived to collect around him, nearly twenty young people, and to amuse them with a ball.†
Chpt 27contrived = unnatural or arranged
- —how long it may have been premeditated, and how deeply contrived by her!†
Chpt 29
- She saw them in an instant in their parsonage-house; saw in Lucy, the active, contriving manager, uniting at once a desire of smart appearance with the utmost frugality, and ashamed to be suspected of half her economical practices;—pursuing her own interest in every thought, courting the favour of Colonel Brandon, of Mrs. Jennings, and of every wealthy friend.†
Chpt 48contriving = arranging -- especially in an unnatural way
- Elinor's marriage divided her as little from her family as could well be contrived, without rendering the cottage at Barton entirely useless, for her mother and sisters spent much more than half their time with her.†
Chpt 50contrived = unnatural or arranged
Definition:
unnatural seeming (due to careful planning)
or more rarely:
arranged (that something should happen)
or more rarely:
arranged (that something should happen)