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innovatively

innovatively

1 4.6
In a new way that uses fresh ideas to solve problems
  • adverb
  • /ˌɪnəˈveɪtɪvli/
translation icon : de manera innovadora
  • She approached the problem innovatively, suggesting methods that had never been tried before.
  • respond innovatively
  • used innovatively
  • need to think innovatively

It's it's, you know, thinking innovatively pushes you into all sorts of exciting directions.

Examples

  • Numerous companies have derived strategic benefits by using information systems innovatively.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Jones has three great suggestions for getting employees thinking innovatively:

    Blog text (26)
  • And so I encourage you to think innovatively and then go push those ideas.

  • In the future, it is expected that commissioners will be even more willing to develop services that respond innovatively to their needs.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Even without specialized hardware, general computer labs can be used innovatively for music education.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Fuel cell-based companies are also starting to think more innovatively about disrupting the market.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Hinterland Erie Street Gastropub offers fresh and local cuisine innovatively prepared.

    Blog text (30)
  • Most grades engaged in learning about Bearden in an interdisciplinary unit that allowed the art, music, and library teachers to innovatively work with classroom teachers.

    Academic text (2006)
  • But the status quo on which U.S.-China understandings were based 25 years ago is eroding, and Washington and Beijing need to think innovatively to reach a more appropriate modus vivendi.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Unlike other car manufacturers, Honda then deploys these general capabilities profitably and often innovatively in different markets: automobiles, motorcycles, lawn mowers, and power generators.

    Academic text (2005)

Synonyms

ingeniously
vsinnovatively
3 5.5

In a clever way that uses new ideas to solve problems

emphasizes introducing new methods generally rather than only clever fixes
imaginatively
vsinnovatively
2 4.1

In a creative way that uses new ideas

is more about making new methods than about fanciful thinking
inventively
vsinnovatively
1 4.9

In a way that uses new and clever ideas

focuses on introducing new methods or approaches rather than just creative flair
enterprisingly
vsinnovatively
6.3

In a brave way that shows someone wants to try new or hard things

focuses on introducing new methods rather than risk taking or drive

Antonyms

207 2.9

In the way people have done for many years

In the usual way most people do things

How Innovative

radically
97 5.0
innovatively
1 4.6
creatively
41 3.5
ordinarily
78 3.0
traditionally
207 2.9

Surface Forms

innovatively positive

Morphology

innovatively = innovative (transparent) = innovate + ly

The adverb is clearly derived from the adjective 'innovative', indicating the manner of innovation.

Etymology

The word innovatively comes from innovate, which has the root nov- meaning 'new', the same idea you see in novel and innovation. So to act innovatively is to do something in a 'new' way, using new ideas or methods.