Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • By the power of invention.

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  • adverb In an inventive manner.

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  • adverb in an inventive manner

Etymologies

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inventive +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • "Dreamland", which exploits the idea inventively and colourfully.

    SFX 2009

  • Director T.J. Castronovo inventively guides the cast, there are some hilarious phony videos of a campaign ad and news coverage, and Dixon, Altadel and Byers are blessed with not only acting chops but fine voices that will get the vote of even the most disgruntled voter.

    Brad Schreiber: "Campaign" Sings Different Tune About Politics Brad Schreiber 2010

  • Ok Go, the amazing band known for their inventively entertaining music videos, have unleashed their latest creation upon the world.

    Pink is the New Blog | Everybody's Business Is My Business » Blog Archive » Watch: Ok Go, ‘End Love’ 2010

  • Director T.J. Castronovo inventively guides the cast, there are some hilarious phony videos of a campaign ad and news coverage, and Dixon, Altadel and Byers are blessed with not only acting chops but fine voices that will get the vote of even the most disgruntled voter.

    Brad Schreiber: "Campaign" Sings Different Tune About Politics Brad Schreiber 2010

  • An automation of this nature in the inventively advanced culture the background of this picture implies, would be as astounding a sight, I should think, as a ball-point pen in present-day European or American society.

    Will You Go See Avatar? 2009

  • Director T.J. Castronovo inventively guides the cast, there are some hilarious phony videos of a campaign ad and news coverage, and Dixon, Altadel and Byers are blessed with not only acting chops but fine voices that will get the vote of even the most disgruntled voter.

    Brad Schreiber: "Campaign" Sings Different Tune About Politics Brad Schreiber 2010

  • His insights, inventively and closely argued, were drawn not from the American experience of war but from the field of economics, in which he was an accomplished, prominent figure.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

  • Though all the undemocratic regimes of the Arab world are unremittingly cruel, Assad's must stand out as the most inventively macabre.

    Can Syrians dare to hope? | Rana Kabbani 2011

  • The centrepiece of the Six Nations may be a tipping point, with imperious England marching resolutely and inventively forward.

    Six Nations 2011: No need to turn tank-stoppers into ballerinas | Eddie Butler 2011

  • His insights, inventively and closely argued, were drawn not from the American experience of war but from the field of economics, in which he was an accomplished, prominent figure.

    Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

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