ingenuous
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Less an ingenuous revelation of lofty self-insulation from such voters, then.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025
Devieilhe, with a smooth tone like light cream, gave Constance’s prattling utterances an air of ingenuous wisdom, beautifully balancing Pérez’s tightly wound, self-conscious Blanche.
From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2023
His greatest hope for the future, Meghan is a high school senior at a horsy boarding school in the Washington area and possibly the most ingenuous girl since Alice in Wonderland.
From Washington Post • Sep. 13, 2022
They inquire, wide-eyed and ingenuous, why do we need to decide on these witnesses now, when we have all the time in the world?
From Slate • Jan. 21, 2020
We know from a contemporary source that Chardin painted the youth “carefully from life and...tried hard to give him an ingenuous air.”
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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