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ingeniously

/ɪnˈd͡ʒiːnjəs.li/

ingeniously adverb: in an ingenious manner; using ingenuity.

Adverb

ingeniously (comparative more ingeniously, superlative most ingeniously)

  1. In an ingenious manner; using ingenuity.
    • The exterior of the train is perfectly air-smoothed and to cut passenger steps up to recessed doors would never do; when the deep doors are shut, therefore, the steps fold up ingeniously on the inside of them to create a level floor in the corridor of the coach.1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 141
    • Nefzawi, rather ingeniously, offers numerous fantastic explanations and interpretations of dream sequences in The Perfumed Garden.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 124

Examples of ingeniously in a sentence

  • Station KVOA-TV has ingeniously tied in many factors to provide itself with a giant color send-off.
  • Lloyd's Prayer includes several ingeniously loopy spiels from Lloyd in his carnival huckster-televangelist modes, but Kling insists he's not antireligion.
  • A similar pattern, mingling elements of alliteration, assonance, quasi-rhyme, and meaningful allusion ingeniously is seen in the following example.

All 11 example sentences with ingeniously

Forms of ingeniously

comparativemore ingeniously
superlativemost ingeniously

Origin of ingeniously

From ingenious + -ly.

Questions about ingeniously

What does ingeniously mean?
Ingeniously means in an ingenious manner; using ingenuity.
What part of speech is ingeniously?
Ingeniously is an adverb.
How do you pronounce ingeniously?
Ingeniously is pronounced /ɪnˈd͡ʒiːnjəs.li/.

Words near ingeniously in the dictionary

  1. ingeniates
  2. ingenie
  3. Ingeniero Jacobacci
  4. ingeniosity
  5. ingenious
  6. ingeniously
  7. ingeniousness
  8. ingeniousnesses
  9. ingenit
  10. ingenite
  11. Ingenito

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