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

Most people, if they made this gesture innocently, would be upset about the neo-Nazis trying to claim common cause with them.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2025

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

It started innocently, with a few boys removing the inside of their pens and screwing up pieces of paper to shoot at the ceiling.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge