Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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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.