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How to pronounce ingenious in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms clever, cunning
Derivation ingeniousness, ingenuity


an ingenious solution to the problem.

Examples of ingenious

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An ingenious opening choice was Mozart's Divertimento in D major, an early work.
From the harrowtimes.co.uk
The ingenious nature of this structure grows clearer with each haunting chapter.
From the washingtonpost.com
In every paragraph is an ingenious historical analysis or nugget of information.
From the kansas.com
Here's the place to let your imagination go and try a little ingenious painting.
From the thenewstribune.com
Otherwise, everything about Makaryk's flexible, modular set design is ingenious.
From the ocregister.com
Wow, Europeans must be even more ingenious and devilish than we already thought.
From the guardian.co.uk
Mr Wright's history is full of rich detail, ingenious insight and bold argument.
From the economist.com
He began to scribble ingenious, sometimes strained rhymed phrases for later use.
From the en.wikipedia.org
We have the ingenious and thrifty Dutch to thank for what we now know as brandy.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Clever: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"
  • (ingeniously) in an ingenious manner; "a Hampshire farmer had fowls of different breeds, including Dorkings, and he discriminated ingeniously between the `dark ones' and the `white ones'"
  • (ingeniousness) inventiveness: the power of creative imagination
  • (ingeniousness) ingenuity: the property of being ingenious; "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design"
  • Ingenious is the English name for Einfach Genial (Simply Ingenious), a German abstract strategy board game designed by Reiner Knizia under commission from Sophisticated Games and published in 2004 by Kosmos. ...
  • Ingenious is a one-off drama produced by Lime Pictures written especially for CBBC. It premiered on BBC One.
  • Displaying genius or brilliance; tending to invent; Characterized by genius; cleverly done or contrived; Witty; original; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious
  • A development or an improvement is considered ingenious if it is not obvious to workers of average skill in this area of technology.
  • X's proof is ingenious: I understand it.