contrived russian

• наду́манный

  far-fetched, made-up, fabricated, contrived

  artificial, forced, unnatural

• вы́верт

  quirk, eccentricity, caper, vagary

  affectation, mannerism, contrived turn of phrase

  twist, contortion

• умудри́вшийся

  having managed, having contrived, who managed (to do something)

• му́дрствование

  philosophizing, abstruse reasoning, pondering, hair-splitting

  contrived idea, far-fetched notion, crackpot idea

• ухитри́вшийся

  who managed, having contrived, resourceful

• наду́мавший

  having decided, having thought up, having imagined, having contrived

• умудри́вший

  who managed, who contrived, who was clever enough to

• исхитри́вшийся

  who contrived, who managed cleverly, who ingeniously figured out, resourceful

• наду́манность

  contrivedness, far-fetchedness, artificiality, unnaturalness

Examples

• Грамматически всё правильно, но стилисти́чески как-то искусственно звучи́т.

  Everything is grammatically correct, but stylistically it sounds somehow contrived.

• Автор придумал надуманный конец для хорошего романа.

  The author came up with a contrived ending for a good novel.

• В этой истории чувствуется явная надуманность.

  This story clearly feels contrived.