All 3 Uses of
contrived
in
1984, by Orwell
- It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move.†
p. 1.9 *contrived = unnatural or arranged
- If he had known where she lived, and at what time she left work, he could have contrived to meet her somewhere on her way home; but to try to follow her home was not safe, because it would mean loitering about outside the Ministry, which was bound to be noticed.†
p. 110.5
- It had been contrived as a way of letting Winston know O'Brien's address.†
p. 159.1
Definition:
unnatural seeming (due to careful planning)
or more rarely:
arranged (that something should happen)
or more rarely:
arranged (that something should happen)