With original, resourceful thought that produces something useful or expressive.
Reach for it when praising the manner in which familiar elements are newly combined
The team inventively used collected rainwater to cool the greenhouse.
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playful
cleverly
Fits when a neat and approachable solution fits the tone
Careful Cleverly can minimize serious design work or imply trickery.
everyday
creatively
Fits when original making or thought is the broad achievement
Careful Creatively may describe expression without practical invention.
warm
Fits when vivid conception or playful originality deserves emphasis
Careful Imaginatively can praise fantasy that is not workable.
warm
Fits when constraints are overcome with what is available
Careful Resourcefully need not involve a genuinely new arrangement.
professional
Fits when clever effectiveness is the source of admiration
Careful Ingeniously stresses surprising cleverness more than creative range.
formal
originally
Fits when departure from precedent is what needs stating
Careful Originally is ambiguous with the meaning at first.
inventively designed
The narrow apartment was inventively designed around movable storage.
inventively arranged
The archive was inventively arranged as a walk through one market day.
inventively adapted
Discarded shutters were inventively adapted into adjustable shade screens.
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