artlessadjective
uk/ˈɑːt.ləs/us/ˈɑːrt.ləs/simple and not wanting to deceive:
"Why did you take the money?" she asked the child. "Because I wanted it," came the artless reply.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Honesty, openness & sincerity
- (as) man to man idiom
- above board
- be on the level idiom
- bona fide
- bone
- candid
- in good faith idiom
- integrity
- joke
- joking apart/aside idiom
- let's face it idiom 1
- level with sb
- nail
- stainless
- straight arrow idiom
- straight up idiom
- straightforward
- the straight and narrow idiom
- transparent
- truly
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artlessly
adverb uk/ˈɑːt.ləs.li/us/ˈɑːrt.ləs.li/
artlessness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈɑːt.ləs.nəs/us/ˈɑːrt.ləs.nəs/