ingenious
[adjective]
Synonyms: creative, bright, brilliant, clever, crafty, inventive, original, resourceful, shrewd

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in‧ge‧ni‧ous /ɪnˈdʒiːniəs/ adjective
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French; Origin: ingénieux, from Latin ingenium 'natural ability']

1. an ingenious plan, idea, or object works well and is the result of clever thinking and new ideas:
Many fish have ingenious ways of protecting their eggs from predators.
an ingenious device

2. someone who is ingenious is very good at inventing things or at thinking of new ideas
—ingeniously adverb

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

ingenious
adj.
VERBS be, sound The idea sounds quite ingenious
ADV. extremely, highly, most, quite, very a most ingenious device

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