Ingeniously

Ingeniously
Ingeniously In*gen"ious*ly, adv. In an ingenious manner; with ingenuity; skillfully; wittily; cleverly. [1913 Webster]

``Too ingeniously politic.'' --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]


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  • ingeniously — ingenious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ clever, original, and inventive. DERIVATIVES ingeniously adverb ingeniousness noun. ORIGIN Latin ingeniosus, from ingenium mind, intellect ; related to ENGINE(Cf. ↑engineless) …   English terms dictionary

  • ingeniously — adverb in an ingenious manner a Hampshire farmer had fowls of different breeds, including Dorkings, and he discriminated ingeniously between the dark ones and the white ones …   Useful english dictionary

  • ingeniously — adverb see ingenious …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ingeniously — See ingenious. * * * …   Universalium

  • ingeniously — adverb a) In an ingenious manner. b) Using ingenuity …   Wiktionary

  • ingeniously — adv. skillfully, cleverly, inventively, resourcefully …   English contemporary dictionary

  • ingeniously — in·ge·nious·ly …   English syllables

  • ingeniously — See: ingenious …   English dictionary

  • An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting — Jane Collier s An Essay on the Art of Ingeniously Tormenting (1753), a conduct book, was her first work. The Essay operates as a satirical advice book on how to nag and it was modeled after Jonathan Swift s satirical essays. The work is intended… …   Wikipedia

  • ingenious — ingeniously, adv. ingeniousness, n. /in jeen yeuhs/, adj. 1. characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction: an ingenious machine. 2. cleverly inventive or resourceful: an ingenious press agent. 3. Obs. a. intelligent;… …   Universalium

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