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  Ingenious \In*gen"ious\, a. [L. ingeniosus, fr. ingenium innate
     or natural quality, natural capacity, genius: cf. F.
     ing['e]nieux. See Engine.]
     1. Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful
        or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to
        form new combinations; as, an ingenious author, mechanic.
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              A man . . . very wise and ingenious in feats of war.
                                                    --Hakluyt.
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              Thou, king, send out
              For torturers ingenious.              --Shak.
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              The more ingenious men are, the more apt are they to
              trouble themselves.                   --Sir W.
                                                    Temple.
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     2. Proceeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by,
        genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or
        mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an
        ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc.
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              Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill. --Cowper.
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     3. Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious
        reply.
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     4. Mental; intellectual. [Obs.]
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              A course of learning and ingenious studies. --Shak.
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  Ingenious \In*gen"ious\, a. [L. ingeniosus, fr. ingenium innate
     or natural quality, natural capacity, genius: cf. F.
     ing['e]nieux. See Engine.]
     1. Possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful
        or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to
        form new combinations; as, an ingenious author, mechanic.
  
              A man . . . very wise and ingenious in feats of war.
                                                    --Hakluyt.
  
              Thou, king, send out For torturers ingenious.
                                                    --Shak.
  
              The more ingenious men are, the more apt are they to
              trouble themselves.                   --Sir W.
                                                    Temple.
  
     2. Proseeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by,
        genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or
        mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an
        ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc.
  
              Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill. --Cowper.
  
     3. Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious
        reply.
  
     4. Mental; intellectual. [Obs.]
  
              A course of learning and ingenious studies. --Shak.

  ingenious
       adj 1: (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" [syn: imaginative, inventive]
       2: skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends; "cool
          prudence and sensitive selfishness along with quick
          perception of what is possible--these distinguish an
          adroit politician"; "came up with a clever story"; "an
          ingenious press agent"; "an ingenious scheme" [syn: adroit,
           clever]
       3: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the
          cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious
          solution to the problem" [syn: clever, cunning]

  ingenious
     Αγγλικά a.
     πολυμήχανος, επινοητικός

  ingenious
     a.
     1 (lb en of a person) display#Verb genius#Noun or brilliance;
  inventive.
     2 (lb en of a thing) characterized by genius; cleverly contrived or
  do#Verb.
     3 show#Verb originality or sagacity; witty.

  ingenious
     a.
     1 (lb en of a person) display#Verb genius#Noun or brilliance;
  inventive.
     2 (lb en of a thing) characterized by genius; cleverly contrived or
  do#Verb.
     3 show#Verb originality or sagacity; witty.

  ingenious
     a.
     1 (lb en of a person) display#Verb genius#Noun or brilliance;
  inventive.
     2 (lb en of a thing) characterized by genius; cleverly contrived or
  do#Verb.
     3 show#Verb originality or sagacity; witty.

  ingenious
     a.
     1 (lb en of a person) display#Verb genius#Noun or brilliance;
  inventive.
     2 (lb en of a thing) characterized by genius; cleverly contrived or
  do#Verb.
     3 show#Verb originality or sagacity; witty.

  ingenious
     Englanti a.
     erinomainen, etevä, kekseliäs, kyvykäs, lahjakas, loistava, mainio,
  nerokas, nokkela, näppärä, oivallinen, pystyvä, sukkela, taitava,
  terävä, älykäs, huomattava, neuvokas

  Ingenious /ɪndʒˈiːniəs/
  مبدع

  ingenious //ɪnˈd͡ʒiːniəs// //ɪnˈd͡ʒiːnjəs// 
  1. изкусен
  characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
  2. изобретателен, находчив
  displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
  3. остроумен
  witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious

  ingenious /ɪndʒˈiːniəs/ 
  důmyslný

  ingenious /ɪndʒˈiːniəs/ 
  dyfeisgar 

  ingenious /ɪndʒˈiːniəs/
  einfallsreich, erfinderisch, findig, genial 
           Note: Person
           Note: person

  ingenious /ɪndʒˈiːniəs/
  geistreich, niveauvoll 
     Synonym: intellectually stimulating
  

  ingenious /ɪndʒˈiːniəs/
  raffiniert, kunstreich, genial, ingeniös  [geh.]
           Note: Sache
        "an ingenious trick"  - ein Kunstgriff
           Note: of a thing

  ingenious /ɪndʒˈiːniəs/ 
  ausgeklügelt, geistreich 

  ingenious /ɪndʒˈiːniəs/
  
  εφευρετικός, πολυμήχανος

  ingenious //ɪnˈd͡ʒiːniəs// //ɪnˈd͡ʒiːnjəs// 
  1. nerokas 2.
  displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent
   3.
  characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
  2. nokkela, terävä
  witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious

  ingenious /ɪndʒˈiːniəs/ 
  1. विदग्ध
        "The terrorists came up with an ingenious plan to do a heinous act."

  ingenious /ɪndʒˈiːniəs/
  dovitljiv, okretan

  ingenious /ɪndʒˈiːniəs/
  1. elmés
  2. leleményes
  3. ügyes
  4. magát könnyen feltaláló
  5. találékony
  6. eszes
  7. szellemes
  8. ötletes
  9. eredeti
  10. magát jól feltaláló

  ingenious /indʒiːniəs/
  geniaal

  ingenious /ɪnˈʤi:njəs/ 
    przemyślny, pomysłowy

  ingenious /indʒiːniəs/
  genial

  ingenious //ɪnˈd͡ʒiːniəs// //ɪnˈd͡ʒiːnjəs// 
  finurlig 2.
  characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived
   3.
  displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent

  ingenious /ɪndʒˈiːniəs/
  1. hünerli, marifetli
  2. zeki, usta
  3. usta işi, maharetle yapılmış. ingeniously  maharetle, ustallkla. ingeniousness  maharet, ustalık.

  
/ˌɪnˈdʒinjəs/

  125 Moby Thesaurus words for "ingenious":
     Daedalian, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, adept, adroit, apt,
     arch, artful, artistic, astute, authoritative, bravura, bright,
     brilliant, cagey, canny, clean, clever, conceptive, conceptual,
     coordinated, crack, crackerjack, crafty, creative, cunning, cute,
     daedal, deceitful, deep, deep-laid, deft, demiurgic, designing,
     dexterous, dextrous, diplomatic, esemplastic, excellent, expert,
     fancy, fecund, feline, fertile, foxy, germinal, gifted, good,
     goodish, graceful, guileful, handy, ideational, ideative,
     imaginative, innovational, innovative, insidious, inspired,
     inventive, keen, knowing, magisterial, masterful, masterly, neat,
     no mean, notional, on the ball, original, originative, pawky,
     politic, pregnant, productive, professional, proficient, prolific,
     quick, quite some, ready, resourceful, scheming, seminal,
     serpentine, shaping, sharp, shifty, shrewd, skilled, skillful,
     slick, slim, slippery, sly, smart, smooth, snaky, sneaky, some,
     sophistical, statesmanlike, stealthy, strategic, stylish, subtile,
     subtle, supple, tactful, tactical, talented, teeming, the compleat,
     the complete, trickish, tricksy, tricky, virtuoso, visioned,
     vulpine, wary, well-done, wily, workmanlike
  
  

  a. 灵敏的,精巧的,聪明的;

     a. 灵敏的,精巧的,聪明的