Definitions
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- adjective Not
contrived .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not by design or artifice; unforced and impromptu
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Examples
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I keep preaching this mantra because it is simply the most modern, uncontrived and attractive way for both women and men to dress.
Experimenting With Casual Menswear Teri Agins 2011
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But these are not issues that people like Zachriel can address in a direct, uncontrived manner.
A True Scientist 2010
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If it means that fiction can be just as messy as life, and that the capturing of minute detail is good, but great and grand when wedded seamlessly to engrossing, ‘realistic’ life-changing, life-explaining (to both character and reader) uncontrived plot then, I suppose I agree with him.
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Unmasked, I sit before you, more relaxed now, uncontrived.
Windows Sally Houtman 2012
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If it means that fiction can be just as messy as life, and that the capturing of minute detail is good, but great and grand when wedded seamlessly to engrossing, ‘realistic’ life-changing, life-explaining (to both character and reader) uncontrived plot then, I suppose I agree with him.
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Completely congruent with her humility and grounded charm which she attributes to her parents and being Dutch is her intuitive and completely uncontrived style.
StyleLikeU: Supermodel Frederique van der Wal Opens Her Closet, Channels Ali MacGraw (VIDEO, PHOTOS) StyleLikeU 2010
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Completely congruent with her humility and grounded charm which she attributes to her parents and being Dutch is her intuitive and completely uncontrived style.
StyleLikeU: Supermodel Frederique van der Wal Opens Her Closet, Channels Ali MacGraw (VIDEO, PHOTOS) StyleLikeU 2010
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In contrast, if a Swedish man is uncontriving about his masculinity, it frees up Swedish women to be uncontrived about their femininity.
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Rarely more than a few minutes in length and always built on basic, uncontrived movements, her century-old dances have an emotional clarity and an artistic fearlessness that remain relevant today.
Dance Review: Word Dance Theater's 'Revolutionary! Isadora Duncan' 2010
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Completely congruent with her humility and grounded charm which she attributes to her parents and being Dutch is her intuitive and completely uncontrived style.
StyleLikeU: Supermodel Frederique van der Wal Opens Her Closet, Channels Ali MacGraw (VIDEO, PHOTOS) StyleLikeU 2010
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