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artlessly

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crudely
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That couplet may seem artlessly catchy, but its cadence must have taken immense patience to get just right.

From Washington Post Oct. 23, 2019

Kiarostami doesn’t just drop a camera artlessly in the wilderness.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 5, 2019

We meet in a north London studio, following her photo shoot, but there is no artifice in the minimal makeup or artlessly swept-back hair, and the miraculous perfection of every feature is mesmerising.

From The Guardian Jul. 14, 2018

In artlessly blatant ways — no costumes, props or makeup — he attempted to alter its surfaces, change its gender, cancel it out.

From New York Times Jun. 30, 2016

"If you had missed this train you would not have got here for your Christmas dinner," she said, artlessly, "and that would have been horribly disappointing."

From A Gamble with Life by Hocking, Silas K. (Silas Kitto)




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