All 6 Uses of
ingenious
in
Washington Square, by Henry James
- Mrs. Penniman desired to represent the ingenious Mr. Townsend as the hero.
Chpt 7 *ingenious = clever (inventive and skillful)
- Venture to appear as disinterested as you are!" said Mrs. Penniman ingeniously.†
Chpt 16
- Catherine was far from saying to herself that this was an ingenious sophism; but she met the appeal none the less squarely.†
Chpt 18
- She would try to appear good, even if her heart were perverted; and from time to time she had a fancy that she might accomplish something by ingenious concessions to form, though she should persist in caring for Morris.†
Chpt 19
- Here, suddenly, Morris was interrupted; these ingenious inquiries had not reached Catherine's ears.†
Chpt 20
- "I don't know!" said Catherine, less ingeniously than she had hitherto spoken.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
showing cleverness and originality