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ingenious
(encz) | ingenious,důmyslný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Ingenious
(gcide) | Ingenious \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.
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A man . . . very wise and ingenious in feats of war.
--Hakluyt.
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Thou, king, send out
For torturers ingenious. --Shak.
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The more ingenious men are, the more apt are they to
trouble themselves. --Sir W.
Temple.
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2. Proceeding 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.
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Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill. --Cowper.
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3. Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious
reply.
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4. Mental; intellectual. [Obs.]
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A course of learning and ingenious studies. --Shak.
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ingenious
(wn) | ingenious
adj 1: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the
cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious
solution to the problem" [syn: clever, cunning,
ingenious] |
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ingenious
(encz) | ingenious,důmyslný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
ingenious advertising
(encz) | ingenious advertising,důvtipná reklama Mgr. Dita Gálová |
ingeniously
(encz) | ingeniously,důmyslně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
ingeniousness
(encz) | ingeniousness,důvtipnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Ingeniously
(gcide) | Ingeniously \In*gen"ious*ly\, adv.
In an ingenious manner; with ingenuity; skillfully; wittily;
cleverly.
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"Too ingeniously politic." --Sir W.
Temple.
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Ingeniousness
(gcide) | Ingeniousness \In*gen"ious*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being ingenious; ingenuity. Ingenite |
Uningenious
(gcide) | Uningenious \Uningenious\
See ingenious. |
ingenious
(wn) | ingenious
adj 1: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the
cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious
solution to the problem" [syn: clever, cunning,
ingenious] |
ingeniously
(wn) | ingeniously
adv 1: in an ingenious manner; "a Hampshire farmer had fowls of
different breeds, including Dorkings, and he
discriminated ingeniously between the `dark ones' and the
`white ones'" |
ingeniousness
(wn) | ingeniousness
n 1: the power of creative imagination [syn: inventiveness,
ingeniousness, ingenuity, cleverness]
2: the property of being ingenious; "a plot of great ingenuity";
"the cleverness of its design" [syn: ingenuity,
ingeniousness, cleverness] |
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