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ingenuity
UK /ˌɪnd͡ʒəˈn(j)uːəti/ US /ˌɪnd͡ʒəˈn(j)uːəti/
noun 3
Definitions
noun
1
The ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness.
The pyramids demonstrate the ingenuity of the ancient Egyptians.
Poverty is the mother of ingenuity.
2
An ingenuous action or thought.
Virility is sustained, preserved, even recaptured, by man's ingenuities, by exotic foods and drinks, by rare herbal compounds, by fantastical manipulations, goetic periapts.
3
Ingenuousness; honesty, straightforwardness
And therefore I apply my selfe to ingenuitie, and ever to speake truth and what I think[…].
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