Reverse Dictionary: INGENIOUS

ADJECTIVES
► AIRY ingenious, witty → 1664
► AKAMAI smart, clever, skilful, learned, expert, ingenious → 1840 Amer. dial. (Hawaii)
► AULD-FARRANT of persons and their ways, sayings, etc.: sagacious, prudent, knowing, cunning, clever, witty, ingenious → 1721 Sc.
► CRAFTY skilled, skilful; capable, ingenious, or expert in a specified field or activity → a1000
► CURIOUS ingenious, skilful, clever, expert → 1423 obs.
► DEEP-BRAINED full of profound thought; ingenious → 1597
► ENGINOUS clever, ingenious, crafty, cunning; deceitful → c1325 obs.
► GINFUL ingenious; crafty, guileful; deceitful, treacherous → c1300 obs.
► INGENURIOUS ingenious → 1875 Eng. dial.
► NACKETY ingenious; handy; expert in doing any piece of work: applied to one who can turn his hand to anything → B1900 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NACKY ingenious; dexterous → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► NATTY handy, deft; industrious; clever, ingenious → 1888 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► POLITIC ingenious; well adapted to the purpose → c1550 Sc. obs.
► PRETTY cleverly made or done; ingenious, artful → c1450
► QUAINT wise, knowing; skilled; clever, ingenious → a1250 obs.
► SUBTILE cleverly devised; ingeniously contrived; ingenious → c1384 obs.
► THOUGHTY ingenious → 1968 Amer. dial.
► TIPPY highly ingenious or clever; neat, smart → 1863 colloq.

ADVERBS
► DOWNILY cunningly, ingeniously → 1845 sl., obs.
► PRETTILY in a cunning or clever manner; ingeniously, skilfully → c1450 arch.
► SUBTLY cleverly, dexterously, skilfully; ingeniously, artfully, cunningly → c1350 arch.

NOUNS
► CURIOSITY proficiency attained by careful application; skill, cleverness, ingenuity → 1603 obs.
► ENGINE an ingenious invention or thing → 1900 N. Ireland (Bk.)
► INGENY mental ability; genius, talent, cleverness, ingenuity → 1474 obs.
► INGINE ingenuity, quickness of intellect; ability; knowledge, invention → 1660 Sc. obs.
► MANAGEMENT tact, ingenuity → 1760 obs.
► NATTINESS cleverness, ingenuity → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NOB-WORK ingenuity → 1812 UK criminals’ sl.
► NOTION an ingenious device → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► QUAINTISE wisdom, cleverness, skill, ingenuity → 1297 obs.
► SUBTILITY skill, cleverness, ingenuity → c1375 obs.
► TIRLY-WIRLY ► TURLIE-WHURLIE an ingenious contrivance; a whirligig → 1895 Sc.
► WHEEZE an ingenious device → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► WRINKLE IN ONE’S HORN an ingenious device → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS – PERSON
► GIMSONER one who is ingenious in making gimcracks or knickknacks; an ingenious person → 1886 Eng. dial.
► INGINE an ingenious person, a genius; a person of ability → 1824 Sc. obs.
► SANTA CLAUS an ingenious mind; an original thinker → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)

PHRASES
► IT’S ALL DONE WITH MIRRORS said when something very clever or extremely ingenious has been done → 1920s