inventivein‧ven‧tive /ɪnˈventɪv/ adjective 
- Carrington is also an inventive writer.
good at thinking of new ideas► creative good at using your imagination to think of new ideas or to produce new things: · Tarantino is one of Hollywood's most creative directors.· We need someone creative and enthusiastic to take this project forward.creative abilities/faculties: · Children should be allowed to develop their creative as well as their academic abilities.
► imaginative/inventive use this about someone who is very good at thinking of new and unusual ways of doing things: · He was one of the most original and imaginative writers of his time.· Marr had a brilliant inventive mind.· the most inventive sculptor since Picasso
► full of ideas informal to have a lot of new ideas and to want to tell people all about them: · Ron was full of ideas and seemed very enthusiastic about the show.· I don't know what's the matter. She's usually so bright and full of clever ideas.
containing interesting or new ideas► imaginative/inventive containing new ideas that are used in interesting and original ways: · The film uses computer graphics in an unusual and highly imaginative way.· an imaginative solution to the city's crime problem· These figures are some of the most inventive of all African tribal sculptures.· Inside the magazine you will find plenty of inventive ideas for redecorating your home.
ADVERB► most· She is the most inventive and formally radical painter around, turning image and surface inside out in unprecedented ways.· This is Dahl at his most inventive and least violent best.· And the music, while not necessarily the most inventive guitar-drive stuff you've ever heard, has its splendid moments.
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one of the most talented and inventive drummers in modern music—inventively adverb—inventiveness noun [uncountable]