MEANING
Not artificially arranged, forced, or fabricated for an effect.
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Words that belong together
- uncontrived beauty
- uncontrived manner
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The scene’s uncontrived beauty survived careful composition.
Her uncontrived manner made the rehearsed words sound newly discovered.
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- uncontrived
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more uncontrived; superlative most uncontrived where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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