Quick definitions from WordNet (contrivance)
▸ noun: the faculty of contriving; inventive skill ("His skillful contrivance of answers to every problem")
▸ noun: an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc. ("The plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable")
▸ noun: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade ("His testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track")
▸ noun: the act of devising something
▸ noun: any improvised arrangement for temporary use
▸ noun: a device that is very useful for a particular job
▸ Also see contrivance
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▸ noun: the faculty of contriving; inventive skill ("His skillful contrivance of answers to every problem")
▸ noun: an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc. ("The plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable")
▸ noun: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade ("His testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track")
▸ noun: the act of devising something
▸ noun: any improvised arrangement for temporary use
▸ noun: a device that is very useful for a particular job
▸ Also see contrivance
▸ Words similar to contrivances
▸ Usage examples for contrivances
▸ Popular adjectives describing contrivances
▸ Words that often appear near contrivances
▸ Rhymes of contrivances
▸ Invented words related to contrivances