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  • 21ingenious — adjective an ingenious economist the kids in her science class have devised an ingenious machine for sorting recyclables Syn: inventive, creative, imaginative, original, innovative, pioneering, resourceful, enterprising, inspired; clever,… …

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  • 22ingenious — /ɪnˈdʒiniəs / (say in jeeneeuhs) adjective 1. (of things, actions, etc.) showing cleverness of invention or construction: an ingenious machine. 2. having inventive faculty; skilful in contriving or constructing: an ingenious mechanic. {Middle… …

  • 23ingenious — [15] Ingenious used to be a more elevated term than it is today. To begin with it meant ‘highly intelligent’, but already by the 16th century it was starting to come down in the world somewhat to ‘cleverly inventive’. It comes, partly via French… …

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  • 24ingenious — adjective Etymology: Middle English ingenyous, from Middle French ingenieus, from Latin ingeniosus, from ingenium natural capacity more at engine Date: 15th century 1. obsolete showing or calling for intelligence, aptitude, or discernment 2.… …

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  • 25ingenious — See ingenious, ingenuous, naïve …

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  • 26Ingenious Media — Ingenious Film Partners Ingenious Film Partners (anciennement Ingenious Media) est une société de production cinématographique britannique. Cette société finance de nombreux films à gros budget et travaille beaucoup avec le réalisateur Mike Leigh …

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  • 27Ingenious Film Partners — (anciennement Ingenious Media) est une société de production cinématographique britannique. Cette société finance de nombreux films à gros budget et travaille beaucoup avec le réalisateur Mike Leigh. Filmographie 2004 : Délire d amour… …

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  • 28ingenious, ingenuous, naïve — Ingenious means inventive, resourceful, talented, imaginative. Ingenuous means naïve, frank, unsophisticated, artless. Alex s suggested solution is ingenious. She is an ingenuous little child. Naïve (correctly spelled with a dieresis over the i… …

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  • 29ingenious — Synonyms and related words: Daedalian, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, adept, adroit, apt, arch, artful, artistic, astute, authoritative, bravura, bright, brilliant, cagey, canny, clean, clever, conceptive, conceptual, coordinated, crack,… …

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  • 30ingenious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. clever, inventive. See imagination, skill. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. clever, inventive, original, resourceful; see artistic 2 , clever 1 , intelligent 1 , original 2 . See Synonym Study at clever …

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