ingenuous
adjective | /ingenuous/
showing innocence or childlike honesty
ingenuous
adjective | /ingenuous/
Advanced WordsMEDIUMshowing innocence or childlike honesty
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"Her ingenuous question showed she had no idea of the scandal."
"He gave an ingenuous smile that revealed his trustfulness."
Mnemonic Trick
INGENUOUS → IN + GENUINE: genuinely innocent.
Etymology
From Latin ingenuus “native, freeborn,” later sense “honest, straightforward.”
Opposite of disingenuous.
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