Guileless
['gaɪllɪs]
Definition
(a.) Free from guile; artless.
Typist: Mabel
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Artless, honest, sincere, undesigning, unsophisticated, frank, pure, truthful, candid, ingenuous, open, straightforward, single-minded, open-hearted, simple-hearted, simple-minded.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See GUILE_and_CRAFT]
Typist: Rudy
Examples
- I am glad to think there were two such guileless hearts at Peggotty's marriage as little Em'ly's and mine. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Miss Bates's gratitude for Mrs. Elton's attentions to Jane was in the first style of guileless simplicity and warmth. Jane Austen. Emma.
- This guileless confectioner was not by any means sober, and had a black eye in the green stage of recovery, which was painted over. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Guileless himself, Adrian feared no deceit. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Typist: Rudy