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Meanings of inventive in English

(Used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action.

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Examples for "ingenious"
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America's technologists need the peace-of-mind that their ingenious creations will actually work.
Wired
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This week, however, container flats started to look a little less ingenious.
The Guardian
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They have found ingenious solutions in terms of various supposed divine plans.
The portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever
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She studied manners closely; drew ingenious inferences; suggested dramatic and startling conclusions.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
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The plants themselves are in the hands of the ingenious Dr. Woodward.
A Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699
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But now there are increasing number of options, particularly for imaginative projects.
Radio NZ
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I would suggest, however, they should be more imaginative in their approach.
The Irish Times
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They aim to re-invigorate imaginative or utopian social thinking in contemporary Ireland.
The Irish Times
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There are two great schools of art; the imitative and the imaginative.
Hyperion
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Nouvel is very good when working with art, artists and imaginative concepts.
The Guardian
Usage of inventive in English
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In a nutshell: gorgeous animation, inventive and playful interaction and quality content.
Wired
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And I will certainly find some inventive way to demonstrate my gratitude.
Michael's discovery
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Almost as inventive as the flash is Alan's choice of subject matter.
Wired
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He managed to create astonishingly inventive effects by transforming straightforward Baroque dance-forms.
Radio NZ
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He is very inventive and resourceful when it comes to stage effects.
The new yorker
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Over the centuries, it has been the subject of much inventive speculation.
The Irish Times
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Any number of spin-off ideas could be explored by inventive script writers.
News.com.au
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This is an inventive, beautiful book that deserves to be widely read.
The Guardian
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Americans are not necessarily more inventive but they certainly are more innovative.
Wired
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The versatility and inventive genius of the Prime Minister provoke mingled comment.
Mr. Punch's History of the Great War
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Juliette had always been inventive, and he'd found himself particularly inspired tonight.
Ruthless
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Perhaps few are endowed with both the inventive and the critical faculty.
Taken Alive
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It was in this critical emergency that an inventive genius developed itself.
Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General
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His exaltation as the Supreme was an after-thought of the inventive Brahmans.
Oriental Religions and Christianity / A Course of Lectures Deliv...
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POLYMATH:Bill Bailey is one of the most inventive stand-ups in the game.
The Irish Times
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His fancy was alert and inventive, and he wrote tales and novels.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 / A Magazi...
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Ireland
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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