trustful

[ truhst-fuh l ]

/ ˈtrʌst fəl /

full of trust; free of distrust, suspicion, or the like; confiding: a trustful friend.

Origin of trustful

First recorded in 1570–80; trust + -ful

trust·ful·ly, adverb trust·ful·ness, noun o·ver·trust·ful, adjective o·ver·trust·ful·ly, adverb

o·ver·trust·ful·ness, noun un·trust·ful, adjective un·trust·ful·ly, adverb

Her face was full of trustfulness, happiness, and consciousness—but she spoke no word.

Under the Redwoods |Bret Harte
Nay, he is a damnable scoundrel who could betray your trustfulness to your own sweet face.

The Light of Scarthey |Egerton Castle
And I was conscious of other qualities in her too—of her homeliness, her good-fellowship, her trustfulness.

The Ghost |Arnold Bennett
The trustfulness of the samurai sprang from their distinctive training.

Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic |Sidney L. Gulick

Perhaps you will—no, that you never will—I mean, employ my trustfulness against myself.

Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. |Charles James Lever

trustful

/ (ˈtrʌstfʊl) /

characterized by a tendency or readiness to trust others

trustfully or trustingly, adverb trustfulness or trustingness, noun