ingenuity
Americannoun
plural
ingenuities-
the quality of being cleverly inventive or resourceful; inventiveness.
a designer of great ingenuity.
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cleverness or skillfulness of conception or design.
a device of great ingenuity.
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an ingenious contrivance or device.
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Obsolete. ingenuousness.
noun
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inventive talent; cleverness
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an ingenious device, act, etc
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archaic frankness; candour
Other Word Forms
- hyperingenuity noun
- superingenuity noun
Etymology
Origin of ingenuity
First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin ingenuitās “innate virtue, etc.” ( ingenuous, -ity ); current senses by association with ingenious
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Moreno’s ingenuity as an independent bilingual creative allowed her to freely partake in various opportunities in entertainment.
From Los Angeles Times
In medicine, as elsewhere, AI technology has been shown to be useful to take over automatable tasks from humans, but not in situations requiring human ingenuity or creativity — or precision.
From Los Angeles Times
That advantage is fading as Russia and China are forced to learn in real time to compete with Ukrainian ingenuity.
“Will their creativity, brilliance or ingenuity be taken seriously? Or will it be dismissed or ignored?”
From Salon
Graham made an immediate impact as the visitors capitalised on an unforgivable Welsh error and a moment of Russell ingenuity.
From BBC
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