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Examples

  • Lionberg realized that in trying to please her by seeming openminded, he had made himself look na've.

    Beard 2010

  • Then Buddy shouted, and Rain turned and waved, and it struck Lionberg that she was either supremely confident or foolishly na've.

    Beard 2010

  • Meredith still thought they were both a little na've.

    Sepulchre Mosse, Kate 2007

  • 'No,' L-onie said quickly, not wishing to appear gauche or na've, although in truth all her notions of romantic love had been acquired from the pages of books, 'Not in the slightest.

    Sepulchre Mosse, Kate 2007

  • She was a different person today than ten years ago when she was a na've wannabe FBI agent.

    The Hunt Brennan, Allison 2006

  • As a young woman she had been too na've to see evil in others.

    Blue Shoes And Happiness Smith, Alexander McCall 2006

  • For a moment Laura hesitated outside the door, wondering how she could have been na've enough to believe this horrible thing had happened to Trixie, when in truth it had happened to all three of them.

    The Tenth Circle Picoult, Jodi, 1966- 2006

  • "I don't have the exact same thing, " she replies, playing him a little, acting na've.

    Predator Cornwell, Patricia 2005

  • Dangerous softskin sheltered by na've Tier of reclusive artists while collaborating with delusional, renegade female artisan.

    Sliding Scales Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

  • She seemed little changed from the enthusiastic but na've gengineer he had first encountered on distant, windswept Longtunnel.

    Flinx's Folly Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003

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