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creatively

[kree-ay-tiv-lee] / kriˈeɪ tɪv li /
ADVERB
ingeniously, artistically
Synonyms
STRONGEST
artfully artistically boldly cleverly experimentally expressively fancifully imaginatively ingeniously innovatively inventively originally
STRONG
adventurously aesthetically beautifully interestingly refreshingly resourcefully
WEAK
Antonyms
STRONGEST
banally derivatively inartistically insipidly prosaically unartfully uncreatively unimaginatively
STRONG
boringly imitatively mindlessly thoughtlessly unattractively uninterestingly
WEAK


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“If I can, and if things are going well creatively, I’ll just stay up,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

I have other things that I want to do creatively.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

“The people who understand and respect the language of vertical storytelling while continuing to push it forward creatively are going to help define where it goes next.”

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026

And they're reported to have paid at least $20m more for the rights to creatively control Bond's future.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

It is not known definitively whether Mozart and Beethoven ever met, despite their lives overlapping by twenty-one years, but two more different artists, creatively or temperamentally, it is hard to imagine.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall


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