Definition of ingenuity

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Ingenuity (n.) Curiousness, or cleverness in design or contrivance; as, the ingenuity of a plan, or of mechanism..

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Ingeniously :: Ingeniously (adv.) In an ingenious manner; with ingenuity; skillfully; wittily; cleverly.
Cunning :: Cunning (a.) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work..
Quaint :: Quaint (a.) Characterized by ingenuity or art; finely fashioned; skillfully wrought; elegant; graceful; nice; neat.
Disingenuity :: Disingenuity (n.) Disingenuousness.
Ingeniousness :: Ingeniousness (n.) The quality or state of being ingenious; ingenuity.
Ingenuity :: Ingenuity (n.) Openness of heart; ingenuousness.
Ingeny :: Ingeny (n.) Natural gift or talent; ability; wit; ingenuity.
Ingeniosity :: Ingeniosity (n.) Ingenuity; skill; cunning.
Curiousness :: Curiousness (n.) The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.
Ingenuity :: Ingenuity (n.) Curiousness, or cleverness in design or contrivance; as, the ingenuity of a plan, or of mechanism..
Ingenuousness :: Ingenuousness (n.) Ingenuity.
Invention :: Invention (n.) The faculty of inventing; imaginative faculty; skill or ingenuity in contriving anything new; as, a man of invention..
Contrive :: Contrive (v. t.) To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.
Bouts-rimes :: Bouts-rimes (n. pl.) Words that rhyme, proposed as the ends of verses, to be filled out by the ingenuity of the person to whom they are offered..
Ingenuity :: Ingenuity (n.) The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill in devising or combining.
Puzzle :: Puzzle (v.) Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also, something exhibiting marvelous skill in making..
Extort :: Extort (v. t.) To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt..
Puzzle :: Puzzle (v. t.) To solve by ingenuity, as a puzzle; -- followed by out; as, to puzzle out a mystery..
Ingenious :: Ingenious (a.) Proseeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc..
Evade :: Evade (v. t.) To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument..
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