ingenuous
adjective
ingenuousness
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a word derived from
ingenuous.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps my cynicism about Mr. Witkoff’s curious mix of ingenuousness and rapacity is unfair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
As the Dreamer, Lucas Steele has a sweet voice and Disney-prince ingenuousness with a self-referential wink.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2023
“If you look at our shantytowns, there’s an ingenuousness in the way people make do with cardboard, with scraps of metal. There’s color to it. There’s life.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2019
Shadowy figures have long hung around the fringes of power in many nations; but rarely have they done so with the ingenuousness and transparency of those I’ve been considering.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2017
I'll be bound for his ingenuousness not to withold any confession you may require.
From The Heiress; a comedy, in five acts by John Burgoyne
