Meaning of ingenious in English
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Pronunciation
/ɪnˈdʒinjəs/US accent
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ingeniousDefinitions
1. (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or actionExamples
- « an imaginative use of material »
- « the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman- Lewis Mumford »
- « an ingenious device »
- « had an invent »
Synonyms
- 2. skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends
Examples
- « 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 ingeni »
Synonyms
- 3. showing inventiveness and skill
Examples
- « a clever gadget »
- « the cunning maneuvers leading to his success »
- « an ingenious solution to the problem »
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Famous quotes
- « Leon Theremin's original designs are elegant, ingenious and effective. As electronics goes, the theremin is very simple. But there are so many subtleties hidden in the details of the design. It's like a great sonnet, or a painting, or a speech, that is perfectly done on more than one level. » Robert Moog
- « I think there's a supreme power behind the whole thing, an intelligence. Look at all of the instincts of nature, both animals and plants, the very ingenious ways they survive. If you cut yourself, you don't have to think about it. » Clyde Tombaugh
- « No foreign policy - no matter how ingenious - has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none. » Henry A. Kissinger
- « He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope. » Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- « Poetry is the most subtle of the literary arts, and students grow more ingenious by the year at avoiding it. If they can nip around Milton, duck under Blake and collapse gratefully into the arms of Jane Austen, a lot of them will. » Terry Eagleton