Ingeniousness

in·gen·ious  (n-jnys)

adj.

1. Marked by inventive skill and imagination.

2. Having or arising from an inventive or cunning mind; clever: an ingenious scheme. See Synonyms at clever.

3. Obsolete Having genius; brilliant.

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[Middle English, from Old French ingenios, from Latin ingenisus, from ingenium, inborn talent; see gen- in Indo-European roots.]

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in·genious·ly adv.

in·genious·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ingeniousness - the power of creative imagination     cleverness, ingenuity, inventiveness creative thinking, creativeness, creativity - the ability to create resourcefulness, imagination, resource - the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems; "a man of resource"
	2.	ingeniousness - the property of being ingenious; "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design" ingenuity, cleverness high quality, superiority - the quality of being superior