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adj. having inner resources; adroit or imaginative; "someone who is resourceful is capable of dealing with difficult situations"; "an able and resourceful politician"; "the most resourceful cook in town"

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artful

adj. marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"

technical, expert

adj. of or relating to or requiring special knowledge to be understood; "technical terminology"; "a technical report"; "technical language"

clever, cunning, ingenious

adj. showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"

imaginative, inventive

adj. (used of persons or artifacts) marked by independence and creativity in thought or action; "an imaginative use of material"; "the invention of the knitting frame by another ingenious English clergyman"- Lewis Mumford; "an ingenious device"; "had an inventive turn of mind"; "inventive ceramics"

deft, dexterous, dextrous

adj. skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands; "a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face"; "dexterous of hand and inventive of mind"

innovative, innovational, groundbreaking

adj. being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before; "stylistically innovative works"; "innovative members of the artistic community"; "a mind so innovational, so original"

creative, originative

adj. having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination"

intentional, knowing

adj. characterized by conscious design or purpose; "intentional damage"; "a knowing attempt to defraud"; "a willful waste of time"

astute, sharp, shrewd

adj. marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"

productive

adj. producing or capable of producing (especially abundantly); "productive farmland"; "his productive years"; "a productive collaboration"

constructive

adj. emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good; "constructive criticism"

efficient

adj. being effective without wasting time or effort or expense; "an efficient production manager"; "efficient engines save gas"

useful, utile

adj. being of use or service; "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"

mercantile, mercenary, moneymaking(a)

adj. profit oriented; "a commercial book"; "preached a mercantile and militant patriotism"- John Buchan; "a mercenary enterprise"; "a moneymaking business"

lucrative, moneymaking, remunerative

adj. producing a sizeable profit; "a remunerative business"

worthwhile

adj. sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time or interest; "a worthwhile book"

bright, smart

adj. characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average"

witty

adj. combining clever conception and facetious expression; "his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well as eloquent"

quick, ready

adj. apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a quick mind"; "a ready wit"

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able

adj. having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity; "able to learn"; "human beings are able to walk on two feet"; "Superman is able to leap tall buildings"

confident, surefooted, sure-footed

adj. not liable to error in judgment or action; "most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"- Walter Lippman; "demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"- Michiko Kakutani

capable of, susceptible to

adj. being susceptible to or admitting of something: "a passage capable of misinterpretation"

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