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ingenuity - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'ingenuity' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ingenuity [ n.]
- The quality or power of ready invention; quickness or acuteness in forming new combinations; ingeniousness; skill in devising or combining.
- Curiousness, or cleverness in design or contrivance; as, the ingenuity of a plan, or of mechanism.
- Openness of heart; ingenuousness.

Meaning of 'ingenuity' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . ingenuity [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the property of being ingenious
Example in sentence:
  • a plot of great ingenuity;
  • the cleverness of its design