innocently

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Still, when he departs from a text he shares part of his inner world, and seems sometimes almost innocently interested in what he’s saying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Asked if he felt a kinship with the student demonstrators of the 1960s and 70s, the freshman business marketing major responded innocently: “You’re talking about the women’s suffrage movement?”

From Seattle Times • May 2, 2024

In January, an Australian child innocently brought home a couple of handfuls of garden mulch from near a playground in Sydney's inner west.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2024

That moment came late in the first half, though it developed innocently enough with Tillman gathering a loose ball just outside his own penalty area and starting the other way.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2023

Elizabeth would not observe her; and when at last Kitty did, she very innocently said, “What is the matter mamma? What do you keep winking at me for? What am I to do?”

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen