Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an imaginative manner; with or by the exercise of imagination.
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- adverb In a imaginative manner; showing
creativity .
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- adverb with imagination
Etymologies
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Examples
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Smith was the name imaginatively used in the application for U.S. citizenship by Mimi’s émigré brother and missionary, Prince Demetrius Gallitzin.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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Smith was the name imaginatively used in the application for U.S. citizenship by Mimi’s émigré brother and missionary, Prince Demetrius Gallitzin.
American Connections James Burke 2007
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It is a kind of imaginatively balanced life lived out in a definite social tradition.
I'll Take My Stand 2008
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Michael Gove fast tracks parents 'schools minister says 750 groups interested in scheme Michael Gove says schools will have to use small spaces' imaginatively '.
WN.com - Articles related to Grammar school benefits, academies and a blighted education 2010
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Michael Gove says schools will have to use small spaces 'imaginatively'.
Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010
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He admitted that schools would have to use small spaces "imaginatively", but said the most important aspect of education was quality of teaching, rather than facilities.
Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010
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However, he does think that Hitler knew how to use TV "imaginatively".
TD Blog 2008
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A practical problem imaginatively resolved – Charles Dickens would have approved.
Hard Times – review 2011
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However, as this is a world of cars, each is imaginatively fashioned from wheels, fenders, grillwork and other motor vehicle parts.
Lightning McQueen is Back in Worldwide Adventure 'Cars 2' 2011
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However, as this is a world of cars, each is imaginatively fashioned from wheels, fenders, grillwork and other motor vehicle parts.
Lightning McQueen is Back in Worldwide Adventure 'Cars 2' 2011
bilby commented on the word imaginatively
"If a city hasn't been used by an artist not even the inhabitants live there imaginatively. What is Glasgow to most of us? A house, the place we work, a football park or a golf course, some pubs and connecting streets. That's all." - 'Lanark', Alasdair Gray.
December 2, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word imaginatively
Is this another bilbyism? (puzzled by the quotation marks again!)
December 2, 2007
bilby commented on the word imaginatively
Indeed no, see edit below.
December 2, 2007
bilby commented on the word imaginatively
Hey, that rhymes.
It happens sometimes.
December 2, 2007
reesetee commented on the word imaginatively
One of these days, when I have a lot of time, I must read that book(s). ;-)
December 2, 2007