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Ingenuity

Noun CEFR B2
ˌɪnd͡ʒəˈn(j)uːəti

Definitions

  1. The ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.
    uncountable, usually
  2. An ingenuous action or thought.
    uncountable, usually
  3. Ingenuousness; honesty, straightforwardness
    archaic, uncountable, usually

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Examples

“The pyramids demonstrate⟳ the ingenuity of the ancient Egyptians.”
“Poverty is the mother of ingenuity.”
“Ingenuity is one of the characteristics of a beaver.”
“Half the ingenuity lavished on news—by news we mean⟳ the topics of the day as connected with their own⟳ circle—half this ingenuity would set⟳ up a whole Society of Antiquaries, and immortalise at least a dozen of them.”
“The heavy freight traffic which shares the double⟳ line between Paddington and Wolverhampton with the passenger traffic has taxed the ingenuity of the timetable planners.”
“Virility is sustained, preserved, even recaptured, by man's ingenuities, by exotic foods and drinks, by rare herbal compounds, by fantastical manipulations, goetic periapts.”
“And therefore I apply⟳ my selfe to ingenuitie, and ever to speake truth and what I think⟳[…].”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Ingenuous Ingenuously Ingenuousness ingeny Ingerland Ingersoll

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