ingenious
adjective
characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction.
ingeniousness
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a word derived from
ingenious.
Example Sentences
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The ingeniousness of such a scheme is that it could make trolling a no-lose scenario for the troll and the firm that hires it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
The ingeniousness of “Joy of Man’s Desiring,” Hédouin’s open-air saga around Port-Royal-des-Champs, was of a different nature, and it had outstayed its welcome by the seventh hour.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2022
Her patent not only highlights her ingeniousness; it characterizes the spirit of self-actualization held by freed Black people.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 26, 2022
The ingeniousness of “Palace of the Drowned” derives from Mangan’s great skill in stirring up carefully calibrated doubt about everything and everyone.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 25, 2021
On no subject is the great talker's amazing ingeniousness of retort more conspicuous.
From Dr. Johnson and His Circle by John Cann Bailey
