guilelessly

Example Sentences

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Instead of trying for coolness, “Blinded by the Light” is guilelessly geeky, virtually exploding in earnestness.

From Washington Times • Aug. 14, 2019

Sitting side by side, they only occasionally speak to or even look at each other; for the most part, each addresses the audience directly, guilelessly, like a trusted friend.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2017

Dunaway, bless her, looks at it like a woman who has left the house without her glasses again and guilelessly reads out the only name of a film she can see.

From The Guardian • Mar. 2, 2017

There’s an earnestness to the form that’s nearly admirable; cross words are rarely spoken, and most disagreements are resolved with a sheepish, white-toothed grin, always flashed guilelessly.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 20, 2016

Ernest, guilelessly playing host, sat Jack Neylan in front of a blackboard and attempted to explain the cyclotron principle to him.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik