All 3 Uses of
contrived
in
The Idiot
- A few only, of whom Lebedeff made one, stood their ground; he had contrived to walk side by side with Rogojin, for he quite understood the importance of a man who had a fortune of a million odd roubles, and who at this moment carried a hundred thousand in his hand.†
Chpt 1.15contrived = unnatural or arranged
- I should tell some dreadful lie too; nature would so contrive it!†
Chpt 2.10 *contrive = arrange
- You have contrived all this!†
Chpt 2.10contrived = 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)