ingenuous
adjective
ingenuously
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a word derived from
ingenuous.
Example Sentences
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Mining the multitude of horror movie references that the show ingenuously employs?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Lively’s ingenuously unnatural tone risks seeming dismissive, like an indifference to knowledge.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 23, 2015
And in flashbacks to their childhood in Mumbai, they shared a knack for mischievously, yet ingenuously, testing the patience of their parents.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2014
Many people ingenuously argue if you can’t find something online, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
From Forbes ● Jul. 12, 2011
Does that apply also," she asked, looking at him ingenuously, "to the pistols you carry, M. des Voeux?
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Stanley J. Weyman
