ingeniously
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in·gen·ious
(ĭn-jēn′yəs)adj.
1. Having great inventive skill and imagination: an ingenious negotiator.
2. Marked by or exhibiting originality or inventiveness: an ingenious solution to the problem.
3. Obsolete Having genius; brilliant.
[Middle English, from Old French ingenios, from Latin ingeniōsus, from ingenium, inborn talent; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]
in·gen′ious·ly adv.
in·gen′ious·ness n.
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| Adv. | 1. | ingeniously - 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'" |
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بِبَراعَه، بِنُبوغ
duchaplně
leleményesentalálékonyan
hugvitssamlega
duchaplne
dahicezekice
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ingenious
(inˈdʒiːnjəs) adjective1. (of a person or his personality etc) clever at inventing. He was ingenious at making up new games for the children.
2. (of an object or idea) cleverly made or thought out. an ingenious plan/machine.
inˈgeniously adverbinˈgeniousness noun
ingenuity (indʒəˈnjuəti) noun
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