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Inventive

//ɪnˈvɛntɪv// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes.

    "an inventive pursuit"

  2. 2
    Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.

    "an inventive fellow"

  3. 3
    Purposely fictive.

    "an inventive story"

Adjective
  1. 1
    (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English inventif, inventyfe, borrowed from Old French inventif, borrowed from Medieval Latin inventivus. By surface analysis, invent + -ive.

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