contrived

Adjective

• artificially formal
  • that artificial humility that her husband hated
    
  • contrived coyness
    
  • a stilted letter of acknowledgment
    
  • when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation
    

• showing effects of planning or manipulation
  • a novel with a contrived ending
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  artificial , hokey , stilted