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Contrivance

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something contrived, as a mechanical device or a clever plan

appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget(noun)

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

contrivance(noun)

the faculty of contriving; inventive skill

"his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"

contrivance, stratagem, dodge(noun)

an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

"his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"

contrivance(noun)

an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.

"the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"

lash-up, contrivance(noun)

any improvised arrangement for temporary use

devisal, contrivance(noun)

the act of devising something

an interesting and often novel device with a practical use

a new contrivance for cleaning computer keyboards

something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination

despite the many modern contrivances for saving time and labor, we seem to have less leisure and energy than ever before

the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others

in that writer's hands, narrative contrivance can often deteriorate into pointless gimmickry

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