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naively
[ nah-eev-lee ]
adverb
- in a way that shows a lack of experience, judgment, or information:
I'll just stretch the contents of my talks into a book, I thought naively, but after three years of hard work I’m still far from completing a manuscript.
- in a way that shows simplicity of character and the absence of artificiality or sophistication:
The ancient historian Herodotus marks a transitional stage in cultural anthropology, between naively artless chronicle writing and scientific research.
- in a way not influenced by previous participation in a scientific experiment or awareness of its real purpose:
Participants behave naively and more naturally if they don’t know the true nature or objective of the study.
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Origin of naively1
Example Sentences
Many of us naively thought the 2008 election of the first Black president signaled a sea change in white Americans’ attitudes about race, but that was far too cheery a view.
In the case of the recent SpaceX case, commissioners made bone-headed political comments about Musk in rejecting the bid for more launches, naively handing him lawsuit fodder.
He said he "maybe naively" assumed he was in the process of being treated, and there would be follow-up appointments over the course of weeks.
He and his original team probably thought, even if naively, that they could turn things around for the better in the country.
"If you ask them 'Will people in your country be honest?' they are usually rather pessimistic but they naively believe that people in other countries are much better."
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