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1. (n.) ingenuity
the quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful.
2. ingenuity
cleverness or skillfulness of conception or design:
a device of great ingenuity.
3. ingenuity
an ingenious contrivance or device.
4. ingenuity
Obs. ingenuousness.
Etymology: (1590–1600; < L ingenuitās innate virtue (see ingenuous , -ity ))
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| Definition of 'ingenuity' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) inventiveness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, cleverness
the power of creative imagination
2. (noun) ingenuity, ingeniousness, cleverness
the property of being ingenious
"a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design"
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1. (noun) ingenuity
the fact of being ingenious
the ingenuity of the Internet; my admiration for her ingenuity
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| Definition of 'ingenuity' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) ingenuity
the quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill in devising or combining
2. (noun) ingenuity
curiousness, or cleverness in design or contrivance; as, the ingenuity of a plan, or of mechanism
3. (noun) ingenuity
openness of heart; ingenuousness
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Sense: (of an object or idea) cleverly made or thought out
an ingenious plan/machine.
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 Afrikaans: vernuftigheid |
 Arabic: إبْداع، دَهاء |
 Bulgarian: изобретателност |
 Brazilian: geniosidade |
 Czech: důmyslnost |
 German: die Erfindungsgabe |
 Danish: opfindsomhed; genialitet |
 Greek: επινοητικότητα, εφευρετικ |
 Spanish: ingenuidad |
 Estonian: leidlikkus |
 Farsi: نبوغ |
 Finnish: nerous |
 French: ingéniosité |
 Hebrew: פִּיקחוּת |
 Hindi: प्रवीणता |
 Croatian: dosjetljivost, dosjetka |
 Hungarian: találékonyság, leleményes |
 Indonesian: kecerdikan |
 Icelandic: snilli, hugvitssemi |
 Italian: ingegnosità |
 Japanese: 巧妙さ |
 Korean: 발명의 재간, 창의력 |
 Lithuanian: išradingumas, sumanumas |
 Latvian: atjautība; izdoma |
 Malay: kepintaran |
 Dutch: vindingrijkheid |
 Norwegian: kunstferdighet, genialite |
 Polish: pomysłowość |
 Persian: نبوغ |
 Pashto: نبوغ،ځیرکی |
 Portuguese: engenho |
 Romanian: inventivitate |
 Russian: изобретательность |
 Slovak: dômyselnosť |
 Slovenian: iznajdljivost |
 Serbian: pronicljivost |
 Swedish: fyndighet, påhittighet, g |
 Thai: ความเฉลียวฉลาด |
 Turkish: hüner, marifet |
 Taiwanese: 巧思 |
 Ukrainian: винахідливість; дотепніст |
 Urdu: اختراع کی صلاحیت |
 Vietnamese: tài khéo léo |
 Chinese: 智巧，独创性 |
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