Both Uses of
ingenious
in
Pride and Prejudice
- They attacked him in various ways—with barefaced questions, ingenious suppositions, and distant surmises; but he eluded the skill of them all, and they were at last obliged to accept the second-hand intelligence of their neighbour, Lady Lucas.†
Chpt 3 *
- But on returning to the drawing-room, when her letter was finished, she saw, to her infinite surprise, there was reason to fear that her mother had been too ingenious for her.†
Chpt 55
Definition:
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(ingenious) showing cleverness and originality