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inventive
[ in-ven-tiv ]
adjective
- apt at inventing or thinking up new machines or devices, methods, solutions, etc., or at improvising from what is at hand; innovative or ingenious:
Luckily the bike mechanic is a most inventive person—you’ll be surprised at what he can do with a piece of wire and some scrap metal.
- apt at creating with the imagination:
The delightful and tirelessly inventive storyteller is back with an animated stop-motion adventure.
- being the product of imagination, resourcefulness, etc.; creative and original:
It’s an enthralling, inventive, and wholly unique exhibit from an artist without peer.
- relating to or used for inventing:
These recordings captured the musician at the height of her inventive power.
inventive
/ ɪˈɛԳɪ /
adjective
- skilled or quick at contriving; ingenious; resourceful
- characterized by inventive skill
an inventive programme of work
- of or relating to invention
Derived Forms
- ˈԳپԱ, noun
- ˈԳپ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- ··پ· adverb
- ··پ·Ա noun
- ···پ adjective
- ܲ···پ adjective
- un···پ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of inventive1
Example Sentences
The talented cast and inexhaustibly inventive design team make it hard to bet against the future of theater.
While Disney hasn’t detailed too heavily what audiences may expect to see on the building, expect a projection-based show with inventive lighting and music.
Simpson said Johnson put together inventive financing programs when the latter was at the South Carolina nonprofit, Greenville Housing Fund.
But it’s also agile and inventive, unraveling our assumptions about those themes.
Frivolous as it is, these inventive details convince us that Ayer isn’t simply phoning it in.
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