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guilelessness
noun as in candor
noun as in inexpertness
Weak matches
noun as in innocence
Strong matches
noun as in naïveté
noun as in purity
Strong matches
noun as in simplicity
Strong matches
noun as in sincerity
Example Sentences
He conveys an inherent sweetness, a sense of guilelessness and innocence that serves his portrayal as the protective oldest brother, and provides a contrast to his bulked-up physique.
There is a rather astonishing guilelessness to his manner.
Kuzma left some of his guilelessness in Los Angeles.
Speaking about the actor by phone, Baron remains impressed by Fraser’s guilelessness and candor: “He is, by both Hollywood celebrity standards and regular human standards, a remarkably honest, vulnerable guy in a line of work where being honest and vulnerable gets beaten out of you at an early age.”
“I tend to just love the bravery and the guilelessness that comes with being young. So much of what I did as a young person, I couldn’t have done if I’d had an awareness of how older people were looking at me or us.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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