Both Uses
contrived
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Lonesome Dove
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- At least they had the luxury of surplus horses, or did if Gus and Jake hadn't contrived to fiddle around and lose them.†
Chpt 15-16 *contrived = unnatural or arranged
- The others had been cleared, minor culprits having simply been turned loose in order to lessen the chances that Blue Duck might somehow contrive an escape.†
Chpt 101-102contrive = arrange
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)