imaginatively

UK: /ɪˈmædʒɪnətɪvli/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

im•ag•i•na•tive /ɪˈmædʒənətɪv, -əˌneɪtɪv/   adj. 

1. of or relating to imagination:
   a very imaginative person.
2. showing the results of imagination:
   an imaginative advertising campaign.
im•ag•i•na•tive•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

im•ag•i•na•tive  (i maj′ə nə tiv, -nā′tiv), adj. 

1. characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination:
   an imaginative tale.
2. of, pertaining to, or concerned with imagination.
3. given to imagining, as persons.
4. having exceptional powers of imagination.
5. lacking truth;
   fanciful.

• Medieval Latin, as above
• Middle French
• Medieval Latin imāginātīvus imaginary, imaginative, equivalent. to Latin imāgināt(us) imagined (see imagination) + -īvus -ive; replacing Middle English imaginatif
• Middle English 1350–1400

i•mag′i•na•tive•ly, adv. 
i•mag′i•na•tive•ness, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. creative, inventive, clever, ingenious.