imaginative

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Some of the verse that he wrote for use in his songs is of uncommon quality--imaginative, distinguished in diction, and, above all, perfectly suited to musical utterance.

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  1. adjective Having a lively imagination, especially a creative imagination.
  2. adjective Created by, indicative of, or characterized by imagination or creativity.
  3. adjective Tending to indulge in the fanciful or in make-believe.
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  • Ghesquiere is technically brilliant and imaginative, and that his collections are in part worthy because they move fashion forward. —  On the Runway
  • The most imaginative, the best songwriting they have ever done (admittedly, a lot by Keisha) and a nice little range of songs.
  • Grainger's way with a folksong was both charming and brilliantly imaginative, and what he didn't know about scoring for concert band wasn't worth knowing. —  About Last Night
  • It's extremely imaginative, and the special effects were way ahead of their time.
  • "To the Green Faerie" sounds like something rejected from "A Trick of the Tail" but even more less imaginative, the efforts of Nad Sylvan trying to sound like Phil Collins are evident and sadly successful. —  Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website
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  1. from Middle English imaginatif, from Old French (and F.) imaginatif = Provencal ymaginatiu = Spanish Portuguese imaginativo = Italian immaginativo, from Middle Latin *imaginativus, from Latin imaginari, past participle imaginatus, imagine: see imagine.
 

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