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Meaning of word contrivance from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

contrivance noun

Meaning : A device or control that is very useful for a particular job.

Synonyms : appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget

Meaning : The faculty of contriving. Inventive skill.

Example : His skillful contrivance of answers to every problem.

Meaning : An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade.

Example : His testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track.

Synonyms : dodge, stratagem

Meaning : An artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc..

Example : The plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable.

Meaning : Any improvised arrangement for temporary use.

Synonyms : lash-up

Meaning : The act of devising something.

Synonyms : devisal

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Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

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Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

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