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guileless
[ gahyl-lis ]
adjective
- free from deception or slyness; sincere and straightforward:
No matter the situation, she was always transparent, guileless, and above any petty manipulative ploys.
- lacking awareness of the world and worldly things; innocent or naive:
He agreed to this crafty proposal, being guileless, and soon found himself betrayed and in trouble.
ˈܾ
/ ˈɡɪɪ /
adjective
- free from guile; ingenuous
Derived Forms
- ˈܾly, adverb
- ˈܾness, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ܾ·· adverb
- ܾ··Ա noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of guileless1
Example Sentences
She speaks in sophisticated sentences that seem beyond her years and comes across in conversation as utterly guileless — but clearly determined.
She is a fierce political operative, a guileless influencer and a relentless voice against the far right in this Christian, white, cattle-talking town of about 12,600.
The whole idea of a tourist attraction built as a guileless ode to love, and shrine to a Slovak poem, may strike you, at first blush, as defying both rhyme and reason.
When Ian Lavender signed up in 1968 to play guileless Private Frank Pike in a new BBC sitcom called Dad's Army, he had no clue he was stepping into TV history.
Birmingham-born Lavender was just 22 when he was cast as the guileless platoon member, in what was then a new BBC sitcom.
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