ingenious

ingenious
adj
1. clever, witty, shrewd, Archaic. parlous, canny, subtle, cunning, sly, wily, crafty, foxy, Inf. cute; sagacious, apt, smart; keen, acute, astute, sharp, brilliant, bright.
2. felicitous, adept, proficient, facile; skillful, skilled, dexterous, adroit, deft, handy, neat, Brit. Dial. feat; gifted, talented, well-endowed, topflight, top drawer, first-rate, Inf. topnotch, ace, Inf. crack, Sl. crackerjack, Sl. on the ball, Inf. whiz-bang, Brit. Sl. whizzo; expert, masterly, Fr. au fait. competent, efficient, good at, capable, able.
3. inventive, resourceful, Daedalian, original, originative, creative, imaginative.

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