Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or characterized by invention.
- adjective Adept or skillful at inventing; creative.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to invention; characterized by or manifesting original contrivance.
- Able to invent; quick at contriving; ready at expedients.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or relating to
invention . - adjective
Creative , orskilful atinventing .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action
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Examples
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I've also read a lot of Supernatural community writing this year, and deeply appreciate the legions of writers out there weaving tales of the apocalypse, rewriting canon in inventive ways, and spinning the characters into hilarious, tragic, and complex alternate universes (sometimes all three at once).
December 2009 2009
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Yehoshua's novels engage Israeli and Jewish history in inventive and surprising ways, and his new novel, A Woman in Jerusalem, set in Israel during the difficult days of the Second Palestinian Intifada, is no different.
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I've also read a lot of Supernatural community writing this year, and deeply appreciate the legions of writers out there weaving tales of the apocalypse, rewriting canon in inventive ways, and spinning the characters into hilarious, tragic, and complex alternate universes (sometimes all three at once).
MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 5) 2009
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They made films that used the medium in inventive and challenging ways that totally elude Stephen King in relation to his own medium.
Genre Fiction 2010
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Superuse. org is “an online community of designers, architects and everybody else who is interested in inventive ways of recycling.”
Archive 2007-05-01 2007
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Superuse. org is “an online community of designers, architects and everybody else who is interested in inventive ways of recycling.”
Prunings XXVII 2007
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Superuse is an online community of designers, architects and everybody else who is interested in inventive ways of recycling.
Prunings XXVII 2007
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[E] nchanting her readers with a many-layered morality tale and proving herself once again inventive author with a distinctive touch.
The River King: Summary and book reviews of The River King by Alice Hoffman. 2000
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The short-term inventive plan, the bonus plan for this year has been fully integrated into one single sales plan.
AsiaInfo-Linkage CEO Discusses Q3 2010 Results - Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha 2010
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Little kids do so much writing with so-called inventive spelling that dictations model common words in everyday sentences spelled correctly.
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