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inventive

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in·ven·tive  (n-vntv)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characterized by invention.
2. Adept or skillful at inventing; creative.
in·ventive·ly adv.
in·ventive·ness n.
inventive [ɪnˈvɛntɪv]
adj
1. skilled or quick at contriving; ingenious; resourceful
2. characterized by inventive skill an inventive programme of work
3. of or relating to invention
inventively  adv
inventiveness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.inventive - (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action; "an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics"
imaginative
creative, originative - having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination"
inventive
Translations
inventive [ɪnˈventɪv] ADJ (= creative) → ingenioso, lleno de inventiva
to have an inventive mind → tener ingenio or inventiva
he's an inventive cook → es un cocinero con mucha inventiva or muy imaginativo
inventive powers → capacidad f inventiva, inventiva f
inventive [ɪnˈvɛntɪv] adj [mind, idea] → inventif/ive
I've always had an inventive mind → J'ai toujours eu l'esprit inventif.
inventive
adj (= creative) powers, skills, mind → schöpferisch; novel, design, menu → einfallsreich; (= resourceful) → erfinderisch; inventive genius → schöpferisches Genie; games which encourage a child to be inventive → Spiele, die die Fantasie or Phantasie des Kindes anregen
inventive [ɪnˈvɛntɪv] adj (genius) → inventivo/a, creativo/a; (mind) → ricco/a d'inventiva
inventive [ɪnˈvɛntɪv] adj (genius) → inventivo/a, creativo/a; (mind) → ricco/a d'inventiva


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1-16) I begin to sing of Pallas Athene, the glorious goddess, bright-eyed, inventive, unbending of heart, pure virgin, saviour of cities, courageous, Tritogeneia.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
And the third of these speech-improving Bells, the inventor of the telephone, inherited the peculiar genius of his fathers, both inventive and rhetorical, to such a degree that as a boy he had constructed an artificial skull, from gutta-percha and India rubber, which, when enlivened by a blast of air from a hand-bellows, would actually pronounce several words in an almost human manner.
The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context
Those who wish to read of the earliest activities of Tom in the inventive line are referred to the initial volume, "Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle.
Tom Swift In The Land Of Wonders by Appleton, Victor View in context
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