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Inventively

adv.capable, energeticprofessional

What it means

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.

Choose between these

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  • playful

    cleverly

    a neat and approachable solution fits the tone

    not when Cleverly can minimize serious design work or imply trickery.

  • everyday

    creatively

    original making or thought is the broad achievement

    not when Creatively may describe expression without practical invention.

  • warm

    imaginatively

    vivid conception or playful originality deserves emphasis

    not when Imaginatively can praise fantasy that is not workable.

  • warm

    resourcefully

    constraints are overcome with what is available

    not when Resourcefully need not involve a genuinely new arrangement.

  • professional

    ingeniously

    clever effectiveness is the source of admiration

    not when Ingeniously stresses surprising cleverness more than creative range.

  • formal

    originally

    departure from precedent is what needs stating

    not when Originally is ambiguous with the meaning at first.

Said against

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  • conventionally
  • derivatively
  • unimaginatively

It naturally appears in

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  • 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.

The word family

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Where this comes from

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