guileless

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So our old poets talk of "seely sheep;" but as the guileless are apt prey to the guileful, silliness came to mean what "blessed innocence" itself now stands for in the language of men who, poor fellows, are very much more foolish.

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  1. adjective Free of guile; artless. See Synonyms at naive.

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  • His pale eyes were mild and guileless, and there was an infantile expression upon his face. —  Look to the Lady (The Gyrth Chalice Mystery) - Margery Allingham - Campion 03
  • They're guileless, as I said, but they cling to their little perquisites.' —  The Riddle of the Sands
  • Can someone give me a sentence for the word guileless? —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • Although it wasn't true, Stoneham was seen as jovial, guileless, and sometimes incompetent. —  Bats
  • She was a sincere, guileless, Christian girl. —  The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn
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