Artless

  • 11artless — art|less [ˈa:tləs US ˈa:rt ] adj 1.) literary natural, honest, and sincere ▪ artless sincerity 2.) formal made or done without any skill ▪ an artless copy of European art >artlessly adj >artlessness n [U] …

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  • 12artless — /ˈatləs / (say ahtluhs) adjective 1. free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous: an artless mind. 2. natural; simple: artless beauty. 3. lacking art, knowledge, or skill. –artlessly, adverb –artlessness, noun …

  • 13artless — adjective /ˈɑɹt.lɪs/ a) Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit. This pendant has artless charm. b) Free of artificiality; natural …

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  • 14artless — See unsophisticated. See unsophisticated, artless …

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  • 15artless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. simple; ingenuous, unsophisticated, naive; guileless, innocent. See innocence.Ant., artful; sophisticated. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. simple, guileless, natural; see naive , natural . See Synonym… …

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  • 16artless — adjective natural, honest, and sincere: She chatted away about her life with artless confidence. artlessly adjective artlessness noun (U) …

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  • 17artless — adjective there is a no nonsense, artless flavor to his memoirs Syn: natural, ingenuous, naive, simple, innocent, childlike, guileless; candid, open, sincere, unaffected Ant: scheming …

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  • 18artless — art•less [[t]ˈɑrt lɪs[/t]] adj. 1) free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous 2) not artificial; natural; simple: artless beauty[/ex] 3) lacking art, knowledge, or skill 4) poorly made; clumsy • Etymology: 1580–90 art′less•ly, adv.… …

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  • 19artless person — index philistine Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 20artless — Synonyms and related words: aboveboard, arty, awkward, befoolable, big, bluff, blunt, born yesterday, broad, brusque, bungling, candid, childlike, clumsy, confiding, crude, direct, downright, explicit, foolable, forthright, frank, frankhearted,… …

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