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naif

[nah-eef] / nɑˈif /


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The first four made a point of swapping directors and moods and even Ethan’s core identity: Brian De Palma made him a jaundiced naif; John Woo, a hot-blooded flirt; J.J.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2025

Even at 78, he remained the wonderstruck naif with a goodness so powerful it could transport all of us into another dimension.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

When he decided to tell the government to go pound sand, he was not some naif who hadn't been in government before and didn't know the rules.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2023

Fraser was everywhere in the 1990s and early 2000s: a sweetly handsome, blue-eyed lummox whose starring roles established him as a perpetual naif.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022

She was puzzled, too, that Paul should be so obviously pleased with the rather naif adoration.

From The Captives by Walpole, Hugh, Sir




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