imaginative

imaginative
[[t]ɪmæ̱ʤɪnətɪv[/t]]
ADJ-GRADED (approval)
If you describe someone or their ideas as imaginative, you are praising them because they are easily able to think of or create new or exciting things.

...an imaginative writer.

...hundreds of cooking ideas and imaginative recipes...

They should adopt a more imaginative approach and investigate alternative uses for their property.

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imaginatively ADV-GRADED ADV with v

The hotel is decorated imaginatively and attractively.


English dictionary. 2008.

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