ingenuity

[In`ge*nu·i*ty]

Openness of heart; ingenuousness.

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The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill in devising or combining.

Noun
the property of being ingenious; "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design"

Noun
the power of creative imagination


n.
The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill in devising or combining.

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

n.
Openness of heart; ingenuousness.


Ingenuity

In`ge*nu"i*ty , n. [L. ingenuitas ingenuousness: cf. F. ing'82nuit'82. See Ingenuous.] 1. The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill in devising or combining.
All the means which human ingenuity has contrived.
2. Curiousness, or cleverness in design or contrivance; as, the ingenuity of a plan, or of mechanism.
He gives . . . To artist ingenuity and skill.
3. Openness of heat; ingeniuousness. [Obs.]
The stings and remores of natural ingenuity, a principle that men scarcely ever shake off, as long as they carry anything of human nature about them.
Syn. -- Inventiveness; ingeniousness; skill; cunning; cleverness; genius. -- Ingenuity, Cleverness. Ingenuity is a form of genius, and cleverness of talent. The former implies invention, the letter a peculiar dexterity and readiness of execution. Sir James Mackintosh remarks that the English overdo in the use of the word clever and cleverness, applying them loosely to almost every form of intellectual ability.

The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill in devising or combining.

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Usage Examples

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

Growing up, I didn't have a lot of toys, and personal entertainment depended on individual ingenuity and imagination - think up a story and go live it for an afternoon.

Regardless of who originally made it popular, any hit song becomes a challenge to the ingenuity and imagination of other musicians and performers.

I'm inspired by the sheer ingenuity and intelligence possessed by my fellow band mates.

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Other Usage Examples

Instead of begging OPEC to drop its oil prices, let's use American leadership and ingenuity to solve our own energy problems.

I'm a big kid, I'm a kid at heart, so I still love the classic family films, such as the great Warner Bros film 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' - not the remake, but the original. It's still one of the best movies, hands down, ever made, and of course that goes back to the ingenuity of the characters and the storyline.

With millions of family wage manufacturing jobs lost since 2001, we need an energy bill that takes bold action to tap into American ingenuity in order to lead the world in new clean energy technology, rather than playing catch-up to the Japanese, Danish, and Germans.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom.

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