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Ingenious Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Ingenious? [adj] showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem" [adj] skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends; "cool prudence and sensitive selfishness along with quick perception of what is possible--these distinguish an adroit politician"; "came up with a clever story"; "an ingenious press agent"; "an ingenious scheme" [adj] (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action; "an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Ingenious: adroit \| artful \| clever \| creative \| cunning \| imaginative \| inventive \| originative Related Terms \| Find terms related to Ingenious: acute \| adept \| adroit \| apt \| arch \| artful \| artistic \| astute \| authoritative \| bravura \| bright \| brilliant \| cagey \| canny \| clean \| clever \| conceptive \| conceptual \| coordinated \| crack \| crackerjack \| crafty \| creative \| cunning \| cute \| daedal \| Daedalian \| deceitful \| deep \| deep-laid \| deft \| demiurgic \| designing \| dexterous \| dextrous \| diplomatic \| esemplastic \| excellent \| expert \| fancy \| fecund \| feline \| fertile \| foxy \| germinal \| gifted \| good \| goodish \| graceful \| guileful \| handy \| ideational \| ideative \| imaginative \| innovational \| innovative \| insidious \| inspired \| inventive \| keen \| knowing \| Machiavellian \| Machiavellic \| magisterial \| masterful \| masterly \| neat \| no mean \| notional \| on the ball \| original \| originative \| pawky \| politic \| pregnant \| productive \| professional \| proficient \| prolific \| quick \| quite some \| ready \| resourceful \| scheming \| seminal \| serpentine \| shaping \| sharp \| shifty \| shrewd \| skilled \| skillful \| slick \| slim \| slippery \| sly \| smart \| smooth \| snaky \| sneaky \| some \| sophistical \| statesmanlike \| stealthy \| strategic \| stylish \| subtile \| subtle \| supple \| tactful \| tactical \| talented \| teeming \| the compleat \| the complete \| trickish \| tricksy \| tricky \| virtuoso \| visioned \| vulpine \| wary \| well-done \| wily \| workmanlike See Also \| Ingenious In Webster's Dictionary \In*gen"ious\, a. [L. ingeniosus, fr. ingenium innate or natural quality, natural capacity, genius: cf. F. ing['e]nieux. See {Engine}.] 1. Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations; as, an ingenious author, mechanic. A man . . . very wise and ingenious in feats of war. --Hakluyt. Thou, king, send out For torturers ingenious. --Shak. The more ingenious men are, the more apt are they to trouble themselves. --Sir W. Temple. 2. Proseeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc. Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill. --Cowper. 3. Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious reply. 4. Mental; intellectual. [Obs.] A course of learning and ingenious studies. --Shak.

Ingenious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ingenious?

[adj] showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"
[adj] skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends; "cool prudence and sensitive selfishness along with quick perception of what is possible--these distinguish an adroit politician"; "came up with a clever story"; "an ingenious press agent"; "an ingenious scheme"
[adj] (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action; "an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics"

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Ingenious In Webster's Dictionary

\In*gen"ious\, a. [L. ingeniosus, fr. ingenium innate
or natural quality, natural capacity, genius: cf. F.
ing['e]nieux. See {Engine}.]
1. Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful
   or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to
   form new combinations; as, an ingenious author, mechanic.

         A man . . . very wise and ingenious in feats of war.
                                               --Hakluyt.

         Thou, king, send out For torturers ingenious.
                                               --Shak.

         The more ingenious men are, the more apt are they to
         trouble themselves.                   --Sir W.
                                               Temple.

2. Proseeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by,
   genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or
   mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an
   ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc.

         Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill. --Cowper.

3. Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious
   reply.

4. Mental; intellectual. [Obs.]

         A course of learning and ingenious studies. --Shak.

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