creatively

In inventive ways

Creatively means in a way that involves imagination or original thinking.

Someone who solves problems creatively finds unconventional approaches.

An artist working creatively produces something new rather than copying.

The word can carry slight skepticism when applied to rule-bending: creative accounting, creatively interpreting the guidelines.

innovative

inventively

With creative novelty

originally · unconventionally · imaginatively · experimentally · boldly · freshly · uniquely · intuitively · adaptively · flexibly

artistic

expressively

With outward emotion

stylistically · artfully · pictorially · sculpturally · compositionally · evocatively · poetically · lyrically · dramatically · theatrically

visionary

futuristically

In an advanced-era manner

prophetically · strategically · boldly · daringly · expansively · transformatively · radically · conceptually · abstractly · speculatively

Categories
Opposites
originality and imagination

creativelyuncreatively

Without original thought

derivatively · unoriginally · conventionally · formulaically · prosaically

engagement and effort

creativelymindlessly

Without mental engagement

mechanically · automatically · robotically · thoughtlessly · routinely

Phrases
Family

creative, creativeness, uncreative, creatives

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G