innocent
adjective
free from moral wrong; without sin; pure.
innocently
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a word derived from
innocent.
Example Sentences
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“Where does your father do his barnacles?” one of Darwin’s boys innocently asked when visiting a friend’s house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
I started my T journey innocently enough, analyzing the #testosterone posts like a slightly judgmental anthropologist doing field research.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
He shows us another bone and holding it innocently beside his leg, he says: "This is a leg bone, like mine."
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
It begins innocently enough: the two sit down to steaks at Paddy’s, luxuriating in the rare act of sharing a proper meal.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2025
Who else would be accosted In' a policeman while innocently awaiting his mother before a department store?
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
