noun
1. the power of creative imagination
• Syn: ↑inventiveness, ↑ingenuity, ↑cleverness
• Hypernyms: ↑creativity, ↑creativeness, ↑creative thinking
• Hyponyms: ↑resource, ↑resourcefulness, ↑imagination
2. the property of being ingenious
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a plot of great ingenuity
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the cleverness of its design
• Syn: ↑ingenuity, ↑cleverness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑clever (for: ↑cleverness), ↑ingenious
• Hypernyms: ↑superiority, ↑high quality
Useful english dictionary. 2012.