Guileless

//ˈɡaɪl.ləs// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Free from guile; honest but naive.

    "To foreigners we often seem guileless and overchatty, an impression which is dispersed when they find that much of our friendliness is just the ebullition of the moment and does not carry with it any permanence of devotion."

Adjective
  1. 1
    free of deceit wordnet

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above-boardartlessbluffbluntborn yesterdaycallow

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""Thus while they waver and, perplex with doubt, / urge diverse counsels, and in parts divide, / lo, from the citadel, foremost of a rout, / breathless Laocoon runs, and from afar cries out: / 'Ah! wretched townsmen! do ye think the foe / gone, or that guileless are their gifts? O blind / with madness! Thus Ulysses do ye know?'""

Etymology

From guile + -less.

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