1 (of an object, a plan, an idea, etc.) very suitable for a particular purpose and resulting from clever new ideas:
an ingenious device / invention / experiment * ingenious ways of saving energy * His plots are always very ingenious.
2 (of a person) having a lot of clever new ideas and good at inventing things:
an ingenious cook * She's very ingenious when it comes to finding excuses.
ingeniously adverb:
ingeniously designed
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, ingenious is tagged as adjective.
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