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Definition of guileless in English: guilelessadjective ˈɡʌɪlləsˈɡaɪlləs Devoid of guile; innocent and without deception. his face, once so open and guileless Example sentencesExamples - It seemed like a heavy responsibility to place upon an innocent, guileless ukulele.
- The country folk in the train spoke a language I was unfamiliar with, but their open, guileless speech and laughter was more beautiful to me than any hymn.
- Jonathon was completely open and guileless, much to his own discomfort.
- And Elizabeth is about the most innocent, guileless, angelic little girl you've ever met.
- She has a frank and guileless style of writing, letting the incredible subject matter remain the focus, rather than any shabby poetic frills.
- It was the innocent, guileless laugh that normally only the young could make.
- Breathtaking in their simple beauty, guileless in their natural expressiveness, these early pieces have few of the bizarre exaggerations of character reflected in her subsequent work.
- It has great sincerity, and the script is very honest, guileless.
- His smile was perfectly innocent and guileless.
- There was an innocence about those days - something wanton yet guileless.
- Frank is a guileless creature whose actions almost certainly result in some degree of catastrophe, but if he is working towards a purpose - either good or bad - it is beyond my abilities to discover what that purpose may be.
- He is open and guileless; physically close to Jonathan, sexually attracted to Clare and yet oblivious to the damaging impact he might have on them.
- Like the invitation to run together, he blurted out such things as if he were completely unaware of how they might be interpreted, with a guileless innocence that couldn't help but put me at ease.
- The piece mourned a guileless innocence Linke fears modern society has lost.
- It's a candid, troubled, guileless record that obviously throws its own maker for a loop.
- Indeed, he seems so sincere and guileless he could make ally unsuspecting bloke fall under his sweet spell.
- Sometimes I dream of having a leader who has simple wisdom and the ordinary values of plain-speaking honesty and guileless good will.
- That the Third World was born guileless and innocent only to be brutalised by the West is a popular slogan in many parts of the world.
- He is guileless, so sincere that he's practically transparent, and what you see is what you get - intelligence, decency, exasperation, bewilderment, and pain.
- In his brief life M.R. was a successful family and businessman and the last time I saw him, he was still as friendly, open, and guileless as he'd been the morning I met his pigs.
Synonyms artless, ingenuous, open, honest, sincere, genuine, naive, natural, simple, childlike, innocent, unsophisticated, unworldly, unsuspicious, trustful, trusting honourable, truthful, frank, candid, straightforward, forthright, unaffected, unpretentious North American on the up and up
Derivatives adverbˈɡʌɪlləsliˈɡaɪlləsli Best of all, these modest practitioners present themselves sweetly and guilelessly, convinced, it would seem, that dancing itself, not ego, will win the day. Example sentencesExamples - She is also interesting, witty, opinionated, informed, guilelessly plain speaking, and quite devoid of any of the self-important pomp that one might expect from someone in her position.
- ‘God cannot abide sin,’ he explains guilelessly to Read.
- It forced its audience to confront the copycat qualities of modern media while guilelessly removing blame from itself and other similarly themed material for the degeneration of America's youth.
- ‘I read everything that is written about me,’ she says, guilelessly.
nounˈɡʌɪlləsnəsˈɡaɪlləsnəs Even more admirable, though, are his modesty and guilelessness, so evident in this memoir of outstanding lucidity and charm. Example sentencesExamples - Two anecdotes reflect the maestro's engaging guilelessness.
- But in its charming guilelessness, its unabashed reverence for traditional country music and its sepia-tinged balladry, it is surely one of the best records of the year thus far.
- This makes Desdemona seem insincere - a problem, given that her guilelessness is so pivotal.
- The sheer guilelessness of that is hard not to enjoy and excuse.
Definition of guileless in US English: guilelessadjectiveˈɡaɪlləsˈɡīlləs Devoid of guile; innocent and without deception. his face, once so open and guileless Example sentencesExamples - In his brief life M.R. was a successful family and businessman and the last time I saw him, he was still as friendly, open, and guileless as he'd been the morning I met his pigs.
- The piece mourned a guileless innocence Linke fears modern society has lost.
- She has a frank and guileless style of writing, letting the incredible subject matter remain the focus, rather than any shabby poetic frills.
- It's a candid, troubled, guileless record that obviously throws its own maker for a loop.
- He is guileless, so sincere that he's practically transparent, and what you see is what you get - intelligence, decency, exasperation, bewilderment, and pain.
- It has great sincerity, and the script is very honest, guileless.
- Indeed, he seems so sincere and guileless he could make ally unsuspecting bloke fall under his sweet spell.
- The country folk in the train spoke a language I was unfamiliar with, but their open, guileless speech and laughter was more beautiful to me than any hymn.
- And Elizabeth is about the most innocent, guileless, angelic little girl you've ever met.
- He is open and guileless; physically close to Jonathan, sexually attracted to Clare and yet oblivious to the damaging impact he might have on them.
- Like the invitation to run together, he blurted out such things as if he were completely unaware of how they might be interpreted, with a guileless innocence that couldn't help but put me at ease.
- It seemed like a heavy responsibility to place upon an innocent, guileless ukulele.
- Sometimes I dream of having a leader who has simple wisdom and the ordinary values of plain-speaking honesty and guileless good will.
- There was an innocence about those days - something wanton yet guileless.
- It was the innocent, guileless laugh that normally only the young could make.
- Breathtaking in their simple beauty, guileless in their natural expressiveness, these early pieces have few of the bizarre exaggerations of character reflected in her subsequent work.
- Jonathon was completely open and guileless, much to his own discomfort.
- His smile was perfectly innocent and guileless.
- That the Third World was born guileless and innocent only to be brutalised by the West is a popular slogan in many parts of the world.
- Frank is a guileless creature whose actions almost certainly result in some degree of catastrophe, but if he is working towards a purpose - either good or bad - it is beyond my abilities to discover what that purpose may be.
Synonyms artless, ingenuous, open, honest, sincere, genuine, naive, natural, simple, childlike, innocent, unsophisticated, unworldly, unsuspicious, trustful, trusting
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