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Definition of
guileless adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
guileless
adjective
adjective
NAmE
/
/
ˈɡaɪlləs
/
/
(
formal
)
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behaving in a very honest way; not knowing how to trick people
She had the guileless innocence of a child.
guilelessly
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adverb
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guileless
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