Both Uses of
ingenuity
in
Gulliver's Travels
- By which the reader may conceive an idea of the ingenuity of that people, as well as the prudent and exact economy of so great a prince.†
Chpt 1 *
- He told me, he did not doubt, that, in eight years more, he should be able to supply the governor's gardens with sunshine, at a reasonable rate: but he complained that his stock was low, and entreated me "to give him something as an encouragement to ingenuity, especially since this had been a very dear season for cucumbers."†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(ingenuity) the ability to solve problems in smart creative ways