Both Uses of
ingenious
in
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- It was most ingeniously secured at vacant hours ... so that though a thief might get in with perfect ease, he would find some embarrassment in getting out
*ingeniously = skillfully and showing inventiveness
- Thus, by divers little makeshifts, in that ingenious way which is commonly denominated "by hook and by crook," the worthy pedagogue got on tolerably enough, and was thought, by all who understood nothing of the labor of headwork, to have a wonderfully easy life of it.†
Definition:
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(ingenious) showing cleverness and originality