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81undissembling — a. Sincere, honest, ingenuous, artless, guileless, open, frank, candid, hearty, straightforward, open hearted, unaffected, ingenuous …
82ingenue — /ˈændʒənu/ (say anjuhnooh), /ˈænʒənu/ (say anzhuhnooh) noun 1. the part of an ingenuous woman, especially as represented on the stage. 2. the actor who plays such a part. {French, feminine of ingénu ingenuous, from Latin ingenuus} …
83general — [13] General is one of a vast range of English words which go back ultimately to the prehistoric Indo European base *gen , *gon , *gn , denoting ‘produce’. Its Germanic offshoots include kin, kind, and probably king, but for sheer numbers it is… …
84ingenious — [15] Ingenious used to be a more elevated term than it is today. To begin with it meant ‘highly intelligent’, but already by the 16th century it was starting to come down in the world somewhat to ‘cleverly inventive’. It comes, partly via French… …
85ingenuity — [in΄jə no͞o′ə tē, in΄jənyo͞o′ə tē] n. [L ingenuitas < ingenuus (see INGENUOUS): INGENUITY sense 1 infl. by assoc. with INGENIOUS] 1. Obs. the quality of being ingenuous 2. the quality of being ingenious; cleverness, originality, skill, etc. 3 …
86naive — or naïve [nä ēv′] adj. [Fr, fem. of naïf < L nativus, natural, NATIVE] 1. unaffectedly, or sometimes foolishly, simple; childlike; artless 2. not suspicious; credulous naively adv. naïvely SYN. NAIVE implies a genuine, innocent simplicity or… …
87artlessly — adverb 1. in a crude and unskilled manner an inexpertly constructed lean to • Syn: ↑crudely, ↑inexpertly • Derived from adjective: ↑inexpert (for: ↑inexpertly), ↑crude …
88ingenuity — n. skill in devising or contriving; ingeniousness. Etymology: L ingenuitas ingenuousness (as INGENUOUS): Engl. meaning by confusion of INGENIOUS with INGENUOUS …
89ingenuously — adverb in an ingenuous manner she answered the judge s questions artlessly • Syn: ↑artlessly • Derived from adjective: ↑ingenuous, ↑artless (for: ↑artlessly) …
90ingenuousness — noun 1. the quality of innocent naivete • Syn: ↑artlessness, ↑innocence, ↑naturalness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ingenuous, ↑innocent (for: ↑innocence), ↑ …
