guileless
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The guileless Lowen gobbles it up, spinning an elaborate fantasy about the woman Verity was before the accident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
As outspoken and sometimes guileless as she is, Madonna tends to choose her words carefully when the cameras are rolling.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
A protagonist like Claire—faced with ethical dilemmas and a backstory she’d like to keep secret—is usually surrounded by the guileless and the innocent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
“A party plaintiff’s misguided belief or guileless action in relying on a statement on which no reasonable person would rely is not justifiable reliance,” according to Vondran Legal, which has offices in California and Arizona.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 23, 2026
C. P. Ellis: hurting and hurtful, possessed of all the tedious, creaking, accumulated hatreds of the South, and yet guileless and—Riddick believed—essentially honorable.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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