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• Inventive — In*vent ive, a. [Cf. F. inventif.] Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius. Dryden. {In*vent ive*ly}, adv. {In*vent ive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Inventively — Inventive In*vent ive, a. [Cf. F. inventif.] Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius. Dryden. {In*vent ive*ly}, adv. {In*vent ive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Inventiveness — Inventive In*vent ive, a. [Cf. F. inventif.] Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius. Dryden. {In*vent ive*ly}, adv. {In*vent ive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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