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Inventive

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Adjective

1. imaginative, inventive

(used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action

Example Sentences:
'an imaginative use of material'
'the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman'
'an ingenious device'
'had an inventive turn of mind'
'inventive ceramics'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Inventive

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adjective
1. 
skilled or quick at contriving; ingenious; resourceful
2. 
characterized by inventive skill
an inventive programme of work
3. 
of or relating to invention

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Inventive

see synonyms of inventive
adjective
1. 
of or characterized by invention
inventive powers
2. 
skilled in inventing; creative
an inventive person

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Inventive

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adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characterized by invention.
2. Adept or skillful at inventing; creative.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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