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in⋅ven⋅tive

   [in-ven-tiv]
–adjective
1. apt at inventing, devising, or contriving.
2. apt at creating with the imagination.
3. having the function of inventing.
4. pertaining to, involving, or showing invention.
Origin:
1400–50; invent + -ive; r. late ME inventif < MF
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in·ven·tive     (ĭn-věn'tĭv)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Of, relating to, or characterized by invention.
  2. Adept or skillful at inventing; creative.

in·ven'tive·ly adv., in·ven'tive·ness n.
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inventively

adverb
in an inventive manner; "Picasso's liberated shapes and excitingly applied and inventively combined colours" 

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