Both Uses of
ingenuity
in
Emma
- Emma felt that she could not do too much for her, that Harriet had a right to all her ingenuity and all her patience; but it was heavy work to be for ever convincing without producing any effect, for ever agreed to, without being able to make their opinions the same.†
Chpt 2.13-14
- — Mrs. Weston's poultry-house was robbed one night of all her turkeys—evidently by the ingenuity of man.†
Chpt 3.19 *
Definition:
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(ingenuity) the ability to solve problems in smart creative ways