Ingenuity Definition & Meaning

ingenuity
noun
  1. the power of creative imagination
  2. the property of being ingenious; "a plot of great ingenuity"; "the cleverness of its design"

"Ingenuity" in song lyrics

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  • "It's about fluency with rhymin ingenuity"
    Hieroglyphics (featured: Del the Funky Homosapien) — At the Helm
  • "cleveland ingenuity"
    AOL — AOL

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