[kree-ey-tiv] 
| 1. | having the quality or power of creating. |
| 2. | resulting from originality of thought, expression, etc.; imaginative: creative writing. |
| 3. | originative; productive (usually fol. by of). |
| 4. | Facetious. using or creating exaggerated or skewed data, information, etc.: creative bookkeeping. |
| cre·a·tive (krē-ā'tĭv) adj.
cre·a'tive·ly adv., cre'a·tiv'i·ty (-ĭ-tē), cre·a'tive·ness n. |
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