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NOUN 6

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

    Synonymsappliancecontraptionconveniencegadgetgizmogismowidget

  2. the faculty of contriving; inventive skill

    • “his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem”

  3. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

    • “his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track”
    Synonymsstratagemdodge
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  1. an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.

    • “the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable”

  2. any improvised arrangement for temporary use

    Synonymslash-up

  3. the act of devising something

    Synonymsdevisal