ALL meanings of ingeniousness
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I i - noun ingeniousness The condition of being ingenious. 1
- adjective ingeniousness characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction: an ingenious machine. 1
- adjective ingeniousness cleverly inventive or resourceful: an ingenious press agent. 1
- adjective ingeniousness Obsolete. intelligent; showing genius. ingenuous. 1
- noun ingeniousness Ingenious and ingenuous are now distinct from each other and are not synonyms. Ingenious means “characterized by cleverness” or “cleverly inventive,” as in contriving new explanations or methods: an ingenious device; ingenious designers. Ingenuous means “candid” or “innocent”: an ingenuous and sincere statement; a thug with the ingenuous eyes of a choirboy. 1