ingenuity

1 the power of creative imagination [syn: inventiveness, ingeniousness, cleverness]

2 the property of being ingenious; "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design" [syn: ingeniousness, cleverness]

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Noun

1. the ability to solve difficult problems, often in original and creative ways

   The pyramids demonstrate the ingenuity of the Old Egyptians.

   Impecunity is the mother of ingenuity.

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Related terms

• ingenious
• ingenuitivity

In the context of "March 2007}}

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