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adjective
- 1. (of a person) clever, original, and inventive: "he was ingenious enough to overcome the limited budget"
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1. : having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving. an ingenious detective. 2. : marked by originality, resourcefulness, and cleverness in conception or execution. an ingenious contraption. 3. obsolete : showing or calling for intelligence, aptitude, or discernment. ingeniously adverb. ingeniousness noun. Synonyms.
Ingenious means clever or cleverly inventive or resourceful. Ingenuous means sincere or, perhaps more commonly, naive or innocent. Careful: ingenious sounds like genius (the two are often used in the same contexts and even come from the same root) but it’s not spelled ingenius.
(of a person) skilled at inventing new ways to do something, esp. to solve problems, or (of ideas or things) original, and showing esp. the ability to solve problems: an ingenious engineer / songwriter. She devised an ingenious solution to the problem.
(of a person) skilled at inventing new ways to do something, esp. to solve problems, or (of ideas or things) original, and showing esp. the ability to solve problems: an ingenious engineer / songwriter. She devised an ingenious solution to the problem.
adjective. /ɪnˈdʒiːniəs/ (of an object, a plan, an idea, etc.) very suitable for a particular purpose and resulting from clever new ideas. an ingenious device/invention/experiment. ingenious ways of saving energy. His plots are always very ingenious. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Take your English to the next level.
Anything ingenious is smart and clever, but ingenuous means innocent and naive. The ingenious villain in your favorite comic book series might come up with diabolical plots, while the ingenuous heroine doesn't suspect a thing.
ingenious means “characterized by cleverness” or “cleverly inventive,” as in contriving new explanations or methods: an ingenious device; ingenious designers. ingenuous means “candid” or “innocent”: an ingenuous and sincere statement; a bully with the ingenuous eyes of a choirboy.
INGENIOUS definition: very clever and involving new ideas, equipment, or methods: . Learn more.
ingenious means “characterized by cleverness” or “cleverly inventive,” as in contriving new explanations or methods: an ingenious device; ingenious designers. ingenuous means “candid” or “innocent”: an ingenuous and sincere statement.
ingenious meaning, definition, what is ingenious: an ingenious plan, idea, or object works...: Learn more.
