Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: ingenuity
IPA transcription: [,ɪndʒən'uət,i]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: ingenuity, ingeniousness, cleverness
    Meaning: the property of being ingenious; "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design"
  • Synonyms: inventiveness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, cleverness
    Meaning: the power of creative imagination
Usage examples
  • The driver of Luck must be replaced by the spoon--or, possibly, the niblick--of Ingenuity.
  • And the diabolical ingenuity with which he managed, at the close of every over, to change his end!
  • "And you didn't have to use the automobile nut?" I asked, deeply impressed with the woman's ingenuity.
  • Ripping out a tuck doesn't require any superhuman ingenuity! Give me your scissors, and I'll show you at once.
  • The worst punishment that human ingenuity has ever been able to invent is extreme monotony--solitary confinement.
  • The backwoodsman's brain having become the recipient of new thoughts, required a fresh exercise of its ingenuity.
  • At last she has met with an opponent who puts her judgment, her ingenuity, and her endurance to the extreme test.
  • Cut-up picture puzzles, painting books, tracing slates with large and simple designs cultivate observation and ingenuity.
  • So I accepted my plight as an amusing experience, affording full scope for the congenial exercise of courage and ingenuity.
  • Hooke began as his assistant, but being of a most extraordinary ingenuity he rapidly rose so as to exceed his master in importance.