in|ge|nu|i|ty

in|ge|nu|i|ty
in|ge|nu|i|ty «IHN juh NOO uh tee, -NYOO-», noun, plural -ties.
1. skill in planning or inventing; cleverness: »

The boy showed ingenuity in making toys out of scraps of discarded wood.

SYNONYM(S): inventiveness.
2. skillfulness of contrivance or design: »

the ingenuity of a puzzle.

3. an ingenious device or contrivance.
4. Archaic. candor; frankness.
[< Latin ingenuitās frankness < ingenuus ingenuous; meaning influenced by ingenious]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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