Thesaurus / guileless
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Casting the bubbly, adorable Feldstein opposite the prosthetically monstrosified Paulson and Owen is like casting a guileless little bunny as the final girl in a creature feature.
IMPEACHMENT: AMERICAN CRIME STORY FRAMES THE CLINTON SCANDAL AS A CASE OF WOMEN SABOTAGING WOMEN. IS THAT REALLY SO REVOLUTIONARY?JUDY BERMANAUGUST 31, 2021TIMEA professional writer’s prose is never guileless or innocent.
THE GREATEST PRISON ESCAPE EVER? ‘THE CONFIDENCE MEN’ TELLS A SENSATIONAL TRUE STORY.MICHAEL DIRDAJUNE 16, 2021WASHINGTON POSTI was guileless, eager to take risks, a catamaran racing breakneck through every channel I encountered.
LUCINDA FRANKS, PULITZER-WINNING JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR, DIES AT 74HARRISON SMITHMAY 6, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIn a town populated by guileless, soft-hearted idealists, Terry is refreshingly complex—ruthless in advancing his own material interests but also sincerely committed to righting the historical wrongs perpetrated against his people.
CAN THE AMBITIOUS, UNEVEN RUTHERFORD FALLS DO FOR AMERICAN HISTORY WHAT THE GOOD PLACE DID FOR PHILOSOPHY?JUDY BERMANAPRIL 22, 2021TIMEAda is guileless and candid with a natural storytelling manner that’s immediately engaging.
IN ANNA NORTH’S RIVETING ‘OUTLAWED,’ THERE’S NOTHING MORE DANGEROUS THAN A CHILDLESS WOMANRON CHARLESJANUARY 7, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAs guileless, though as self-reliant, gentlewomen as sequestered England could produce.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEIn spite of her sharpened wits, Mrs. Kaye smiled radiantly into Isabel's guileless eyes.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONHe was thirty but looked little over twenty, and his large limpid blue eyes were as guileless as a child's.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONThe guileless Connie saw a pink mass in the dim shadows opposite her.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME II (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSThe leopards came and sat near the houses as guileless as children; the boars snorted and ran into the rice fields to hide.
KARI THE ELEPHANTDHAN GOPAL MUKERJIWORDS RELATED TO GUILELESS
- believable
- candid
- correct
- exact
- factual
- faithful
- forthright
- frank
- guileless
- ingenuous
- just
- kosher
- legit
- like it is
- literal
- on the level
- on the up and up
- open
- outspoken
- plainspoken
- precise
- real
- realistic
- reliable
- righteous
- scrupulous
- sincere
- square
- straight
- straightforward
- true
- true-blue
- trustworthy
- truth-telling
- unfeigned
- unreserved
- veracious
- veritable
- artless
- authentic
- bush-league
- callow
- childlike
- clean
- cornball
- corny
- crude
- folksy
- genuine
- green
- guileless
- homey
- inexperienced
- ingenuous
- innocent
- naive
- plain
- pure
- raw
- rookie
- straightforward
- unadulterated
- unaffected
- unartificial
- uncomplicated
- uninvolved
- unrefined
- unschooled
- unstudied
- untutored
- unworldly
- wide-eyed
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