ingenious
/ɪnˈd͡ʒiːnjəs/ adjectif C1En français : ingénieux
- Of a person, displaying genius, ingenuity or brilliance; inventive. · This fellow is ingenious; he fixed a problem I didn’t even know I had.
- Of a thing, characterized by genius; cleverly contrived or done. · That is an ingenious model of the atom.
- Showing originality or sagacity; characterized by ingenuity; witty. · He sent me an ingenious reply to an email.
Dans la bibliothèque
Albert found in his anteroom two guns, with all the accoutrements for hunting; a lofty room on the ground floor containing all the ingenious instruments the English—eminent in piscatory pursuits, since they are patient and sluggish—have invented for fishing.
“It is very ingenious,” said the count.
He had not been more than ten minutes in the drawing-room before he drew Danglars aside into the recess of a bow-window, and, after an ingenious preamble, related to him all his anxieties and cares since his noble father’s departure.
The method was no doubt suggested to Clay’s ingenious mind by the colour of his accomplice’s hair.
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