naively

Example Sentences

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Firstly, they had, perhaps naively, imagined that the briefings would generate some news, but not wall-to-wall headline news.

From BBC

“Things are not as they used to be,” Charles naively says.

From Salon

Mr Allen said the "highly addictive" substance was being increasingly abused by young people, who sometimes "naively" considered it to be safer than Class A drugs.

From BBC

This makes viewers susceptible to believing it - "not all crazy conspiracy theorists who naively fall for disinformation".

From BBC

Many of us naively thought the 2008 election of the first Black president signaled a sea change in white Americans’ attitudes about race, but that was far too cheery a view.

From Los Angeles Times