guileless
adjective
free from deception or slyness; sincere and straightforward.
guilelessly
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a word derived from
guileless.
Example Sentences
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“Who’s the one in that thing about those rich ladies that kill that guy?” she asks guilelessly, a nod to “Big Little Lies,” one reference to which Comins compared the show during pitch meetings.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2023
Instead of trying for coolness, “Blinded by the Light” is guilelessly geeky, virtually exploding in earnestness.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 14, 2019
Stories set to music, which Benjamin had generated so guilelessly as a child, were derided as facile, hidebound, and decadently nostalgic.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 10, 2018
James Cagney shed his tough-guy image and won his only Oscar as Irish-American song and dance man George M. Cohan in the guilelessly patriotic “Yankee Doodle Dandy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2017
Ernest, guilelessly playing host, sat Jack Neylan in front of a blackboard and attempted to explain the cyclotron principle to him.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
