All 3 Uses of
contrived
in
The Gold-Bug
- It is not improbable that the relatives of Legrand, conceiving him to be somewhat unsettled in intellect, had contrived to instil this obstinacy into Jupiter, with a view to the supervision and guardianship of the wanderer.†
contrived = unnatural or arranged
- Legrand led the way with decision; pausing only for an instant, here and there, to consult what appeared to be certain landmarks of his own contrivance upon a former occasion.†
*contrivance = a device created for a purpose OR something arranged (often seeming artificial)
- But, on the next day, getting up very early, I contrived to give him the slip, and went into the hills in search of the tree.†
contrived = 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)