a device that is very useful for a particular job;
any improvised arrangement for temporary use;
the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem";
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable";
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track";
