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inventive(dictionary)

inventive (iou)



inventive adjective. LME.
[French inventif, -ive or medieval Latin inventivus, formed as INVENT: see -IVE.]
Having the faculty of invention; original, apt, or quick in contriving or devising. Also foll. by of. LME.
G. Greene He had been too inventive; he had to draw the line..between what was real..and unreal.
Characterized by invention; produced by or showing original contrivance. E17.
J. Ruskin Great art..must be inventive, that is, be produced by the imagination.
inventively adverb M19.
inventiveness noun M17.