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Meanings of contrivance in English

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

appliancecontraptionconveniencegadgetgizmo

Any improvised arrangement for temporary use.

lash-up

An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade.

stratagemdodge

The act of devising something.

devisal
Usage of contrivance in English
1
Demonstrator refuses to use Lindbergh's name to be garbled by the contrivance.
The new yorker
2
The water was heated by an electric contrivance in the bathroom itself.
Odd John
3
True, the film veers into melodrama and contrivances in the second half.
Reuters
4
The pictures represented all manner of contrivances that meant nothing to Bastian.
The Neverending Story
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Most used in
1925
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