ingenious
adjective
characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction.
ingeniously
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a word derived from
ingenious.
Example Sentences
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The doting boyfriend, the overzealous best friend, the snide coworker, the absentee mother — played here by Kristen Johnston, whose character’s name is ingeniously spelled “Beverlee.”
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
With the momentum going, India has also tried to ingeniously design its own small passenger planes.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2026
The first involved hiding household objects in plain sight as ingeniously as possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
And, ingeniously, three ancient Roman pavement-mosaics, recessed, are now visible beneath traversable glass floors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
The same patterns are employed over and over again, conservatively, ingeniously for different functions.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
