imaginatively

2 definitions found

imaginatively - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Imaginative \Im*ag"i*na*tive\, a. [F. imaginatif.]
     1. Proceeding from, and characterized by, the imagination,
        generally in the highest sense of the word.
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              In all the higher departments of imaginative art,
              nature still constitutes an important element.
                                                    --Mure.
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     2. Given to imagining; full of images, fancies, etc.; having
        a quick imagination; conceptive; creative.
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              Milton had a highly imaginative, Cowley a very
              fanciful mind.                        --Coleridge.
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     3. Unreasonably suspicious; jealous. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --
        Im*ag"i*na*tive*ly, adv. -- Im*ag"i*na*tive*ness, n.
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imaginatively - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  imaginatively
      adv 1: with imagination; "the room was decorated very
             imaginatively" [ant: unimaginatively]