creative

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  1. adjective Having the ability or power to create: Human beings are creative animals.
  2. adjective Productive; creating.
  3. adjective Characterized by originality and expressiveness; imaginative: creative writing.
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  • Which is why I enjoyed Joss Whedon's short-lived Fox television series, Firefly , as well as its hero Whedon, who is best known as the creative force behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel , went in a much different direction with Firefly , which was a space cowboys adventure series set five hundred years in the future And when I say space cowboys, I mean it. —  FSF - May2006
  • They feel creative, they feel listened to and they feel validated. —  Latest News from JAVA Developer's Journal
  • You have to be creative, and also you may need to modify the PSD if something doesn't fit well, so design skills would be a must. —  GetAFreelancer.com New Projects
  • Home-based Internet businesses have been tapped as a creative, non-traditional option with sure-fire prospects. —  Jamaica Gleaner Online
  • An essential book for the creative, the aspiring, the struggling and the merely interested. —  Comic Book Resources
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  1. = Spanish Italian creativo; as create + -ive.
 

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