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ingenuously

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naively
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Mining the multitude of horror movie references that the show ingenuously employs?

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

Lively’s ingenuously unnatural tone risks seeming dismissive, like an indifference to knowledge.

From The New Yorker Apr. 23, 2015

And in flashbacks to their childhood in Mumbai, they shared a knack for mischievously, yet ingenuously, testing the patience of their parents.

From New York Times Feb. 9, 2014

Many people ingenuously argue if you can’t find something online, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

From Forbes Jul. 12, 2011

"He only brings consolation into households," she explained ingenuously.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel




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