ingenuous

ingenuous

simple; straightforward; open; naïve; artlessly frank; candid; innocent: a con artist with the ingenuous smile of a child
Not to be confused with:ingenious – characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction: an ingenious device; brilliant; resourceful

in·gen·u·ous

I0138300 (ĭn-jĕn′yo͞o-əs)adj.1. Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; innocent or naive: I'm not so ingenuous as to believe everything he says. See Synonyms at naive.2. Straightforward or frank; candid: "I must be so ingenuous as to own that the accounts are not so certain as to the exact time and place of his birth" (Memoir of Martinus Scriblerus).

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[Latin ingenuus, honest, freeborn; see genə- in Indo-European roots.]

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in·gen′u·ous·ly adv.in·gen′u·ous·ness n.

ingenuous

(ɪnˈdʒɛnjʊəs) adj1. naive, artless, or innocent2. candid; frank; straightforward[C16: from Latin ingenuus freeborn, worthy of a freeman, virtuous, from in-² + -genuus, from gignere to beget] inˈgenuously adv inˈgenuousness n

in•gen•u•ous

(ɪnˈdʒɛn yu əs)

adj. 1. free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation. 2. artless; innocent; naive. 3. Obs. honorable or noble. [1590–1600; < Latin ingenuus native, honorable, frank] in•gen′u•ous•ly, adv. in•gen′u•ous•ness, n. usage: See ingenious.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	ingenuous - characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"artlesssincere - open and genuine; not deceitful; "he was a good man, decent and sincere"; "felt sincere regret that they were leaving"; "sincere friendship"naif, naive - marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances"artful, disingenuous - not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a disingenuous excuse"
	2.	ingenuous - lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"innocentnaif, naive - marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances"

ingenuous

adjective naive, open, trusting, simple, frank, plain, innocent, sincere, honest, candid, childlike, unsophisticated, unreserved, artless, guileless, unstudied, trustful He seemed too ingenuous for a reporter.
reserved, sophisticated, subtle, sly, devious, wily, crafty, artful, insincere

ingenuous

adjective1. Free from guile, cunning, or deceit:artless, guileless, innocent, naive, natural, simple, unaffected, unsophisticated, unstudied, unworldly.2. Manifesting honesty and directness, especially in speech:candid, direct, downright, forthright, frank, honest, man-to-man, open, plainspoken, straight, straightforward, straight-out, unreserved.Informal: straight-from-the-shoulder, straight-shooting.

Translations

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