trustful
adjective
full of trust; free of distrust, suspicion, or the like; confiding.
trustfulness
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a word derived from
trustful.
Example Sentences
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“Since everything in a society functions better if high trust reduces all transaction costs, Scandinavian trustfulness is truly a Nordic gold.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2022
There's heart beneath his grit, a trustfulness and intelligence behind his sly grin.
From Salon ● May 13, 2022
Based on previous studies, the authors hypothesize that lower levels of serotonin correlate with trustfulness and an increase to reject unfair offers, and hypothesize that serotonin mediates this sense of fairness.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 19, 2012
So it was with considerable trustfulness that colleagues last week heard him explain a theory of treating cancer with heat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Indeed Genly Ai demands of us an inordinate trustfulness.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
