imaginatively
- adverb
- /ɪˈmædʒɪnətɪvli/
- You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively, unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.
- think imaginatively
- imaginatively enter
- imaginatively into another world
And it's great because there's so much that one could still imaginatively play with.
- And it's great because there's so much that one could still imaginatively play with.
- And then in turn, he says, the content ceases to be one that is imaginatively presented.
- Immediate being OK, that works and is imaginatively represented inis Folgerstone, right?
- I, I did the sequel to to Little Orphan Annie, imaginatively titled Annie too.
Examples
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With a discerning eye and emotional grace, she guides her seasoned cast to imaginatively layered performances.
Blog text (12) -
Children often think imaginatively, creating stories that bring their fantasies to life.
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Among other things, to read means to forget reality and to move imaginatively into another world.
Academic text (2004) -
As a student of English, Mary saw this as a challenge and, quite imaginatively, a physical advantage.
Fiction book (2001) -
Most importantly, we must think imaginatively about where we study.
Academic text (1996) -
Historians worthy of the name have an ability to live imaginatively in the past as fully as they can.
Academic text (2005) -
We need people who can really imaginatively mash those things together.
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Mourning is achieved only when the lost object is imaginatively retained as an active part of one's emotional life.
Academic text (2000) -
In their attempts to produce plausible accounts, they imaginatively filled in gaps, just like modern historians.
Academic text (1999) -
Here, I focus on video remixes made by imaginatively recombining footage from films, advertising, and television programs.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
In a way that uses new ideas to make things or solve problems
In a creative way that does not follow normal rules
In a creative, skillful way that shows careful planning
In a clever way that uses new ideas to solve problems
In a new way that uses fresh ideas to solve problems
In a way that uses new and clever ideas
Antonyms
How Creative
Surface Forms
Morphology
imaginatively = imaginative (transparent) = imagine + ative + ly
A regular adverb formed by adding '-ly' to the adjective 'imaginative', so the meaning is directly derived.
Etymology
Imaginatively comes from imagine, which comes from Latin imago, meaning 'image' or 'picture'. So to do something imaginatively is to use pictures in your mind to make new ideas and show creativity.