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guileless

[ gahyl-lis ]

/ ˈgaɪl lɪs /

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adjective

free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank.

Origin of guileless

First recorded in 1720–30; guile + -less

SYNONYMS FOR guileless

artless, ingenuous, naive, unsophisticated.

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OTHER WORDS FROM guileless

guile·less·ly, adverb guile·less·ness, noun

Words nearby guileless

guildship, guildsman, guildswoman, guile, guileful, guileless, guilford, guilin, guillain-barré syndrome, guillaume, guillaume de lorris

Example sentences from the Web for guileless

She is, in the words of former Reagan operative Jeffrey Lord, “a guileless, fevered Marxist.”

Warren Takes Credit for Occupy Wall Street |Samuel P. Jacobs |October 25, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
It puts you in touch with your guileless goals and essential desires.

What the Stars Hold for Your Week |Starsky + Cox |July 8, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
And then, as in this 1972 letter to James Ivory, he is touchingly vulnerable and guileless.

The Enigmatic Nomad |Kirk Davis Swinehart |February 26, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Then looking at the guileless and faithful being beside him, he softened once more.

The Far Horizon |Lucas Malet

Such a guileless soul that I thought flying would do something to a man.

Plays |Susan Glaspell
And so the Grail warders are waiting, waiting for the coming of the "guileless fool."

The Complete Opera Book |Gustav Kobb
In an instant, from what he had been he became the frank and guileless nobleman.

To Have and To Hold |Mary Johnston
This was no simple teamster, guileless of training, who faced him, but a man whose life was in the outer circle of the prize ring.

The Preacher of Cedar Mountain |Ernest Thompson Seton

British Dictionary definitions for guileless

guileless

/ (ˈɡaɪllɪs) /

adjective

free from guile; ingenuous

Derived forms of guileless

guilelessly, adverb guilelessness, noun