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- Dictionaryingenious/ɪnˈdʒiːnɪəs/
adjective
- 1. (of a person) clever, original, and inventive: "he was ingenious enough to overcome the limited budget"
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(of a person) skilled at inventing new ways to do something, esp. to solve problems, or (of ideas or things) original, and showing esp. the ability to solve problems: an ingenious engineer / songwriter. She devised an ingenious solution to the problem.
The meaning of INGENIOUS is having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving. How to use ingenious in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Ingenious.
Ingenious definition: characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction. See examples of INGENIOUS used in a sentence.
Something ingenious shows creativity and inventiveness. If someone compares you to Einstein, they're implying that you, too, are ingenious.
(of a person) skilled at inventing new ways to do something, esp. to solve problems, or (of ideas or things) original, and showing esp. the ability to solve problems: an ingenious engineer / songwriter. She devised an ingenious solution to the problem.
ingenious means “characterized by cleverness” or “cleverly inventive,” as in contriving new explanations or methods: an ingenious device; ingenious designers. ingenuous means “candid” or “innocent”: an ingenuous and sincere statement; a bully with the ingenuous eyes of a choirboy.
adjective. /ɪnˈdʒiːniəs/ (of an object, a plan, an idea, etc.) very suitable for a particular purpose and resulting from clever new ideas. an ingenious device/invention/experiment. ingenious ways of saving energy. His plots are always very ingenious. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Take your English to the next level.