Results for ingenious

Definitions of ingenious:

part of speech: adverb

Ingeniously.

part of speech: adjective

Having inventive skill; clever.

part of speech: noun

INGENIOUSNESS.

part of speech: adjective

Inventive; skilful or prompt to contrive; clever or curious, as applied to any work or mechanism; witty, acute, or pointed.

part of speech: adjective

Of good natural abilities: skillful in inventing: showing ingenuity: witty.

Usage examples for ingenious:

• But a " very learned ingenious gentleman having indignation at the thing" drove the people from the house, gave the woman some food, and sent her to bed. "A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718", Wallace Notestein

• The plot is ingenious and well managed, the movement of the story is admirably swift, and the characters are exceedingly vivacious. "Lord Stranleigh Abroad", Robert Barr

• Evil natures will find there only more ingenious and more hidden means to do evil. "The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters", George Sand, Gustave Flaubert Translated by A.L. McKensie