Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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contrivance | Yes | No | No | No |
convenience | Yes | No | No | No |
contrivance (noun) | convenience (noun) |
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the act of devising something | a device or control that is very useful for a particular job |
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | a toilet that is available to the public |
any improvised arrangement for temporary use | the quality of being useful and convenient |
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade | the state of being suitable or opportune |
the faculty of contriving; inventive skill | |
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc. |