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having the skill and imagination to create new things
- an ingenious but rather eccentric inventor
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showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing
- A chair that can't tip over is quite ingenious.
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clever, adroit, cunning, ingenious mean having or showing practical wit or skill in contriving. clever stresses physical or mental quickness, deftness, or great aptitude.
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- a person clever with horses
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- an adroit negotiator
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- a filmmaker cunning in his use of special effects
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- an ingenious software engineer
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