Imaginatively
What it means
In a way that uses original ideas or vivid mental invention.
Reach for it when praising how someone creates, explains, or adapts beyond the obvious
The guide imaginatively linked each sculpture to a sound from the city.
Words to choose between 6
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playful
Fits when light experimentation gives the work its charm
Careful Playfully is wrong when imagination serves a serious or restrained purpose.
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everyday
creatively
Fits when original making or problem-solving is being praised
Careful Creative execution can be practical without involving vivid mental conception.
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professional
Fits when resourceful novelty produces a workable result
Careful Inventively sounds practical when the achievement is expressive or fanciful.
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professional
Fits when limited materials or constraints are handled well
Careful Resourcefully need not involve a fresh aesthetic idea.
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formal
originally
Fits when the approach differs noticeably from existing ones
Careful Originally can also mean at first, and it says less about quality.
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literary
evocatively
Fits when images or associations are called up in the audience
Careful Evocatively measures emotional suggestion, not overall originality.
Opposites 3
- conventionally
- literally
- unoriginally
Common phrases 3
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imaginatively designed
The garden was imaginatively designed around the existing stone walls.
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imaginatively presented
The archive was imaginatively presented as a series of neighborhood voices.
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imaginatively reworked
A familiar melody was imaginatively reworked for three cellos.
Word family 1
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated