Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a guileless manner; without deceit.
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- adverb In a
guileless manner.
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Examples
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But he was a Belfast man, and he did not say it guilelessly . . .
Will the Titanic Ever Sink? Jan Morris 2011
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But he was a Belfast man, and he did not say it guilelessly . . .
Will the Titanic Ever Sink? Jan Morris 2011
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The Ancient Mariner was guilelessly surprised, as if he had slipped somewhere in his narrative.
CHAPTER XIV 2010
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But he was a Belfast man, and he did not say it guilelessly . . .
Will the Titanic Ever Sink? Jan Morris 2011
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To him slogging is "going cocoa" while Australia's habit of wastefully sticking to a middle-stump line was because they were "straining to get poles", or guilelessly only interested in bowling batsmen out.
Aussie cricket commentators have been a breath of fresh air on air | Rob Bagchi 2011
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But the New Yorker in me refuses to let me celebrate as guilelessly as those cheerleaders in front of the White House.
Is Fist-Pumping the Right Reaction? Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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But they were also so tender and guilelessly touching that they brought Martin just as often close to tears.
Songs of Love & Death George R. R. Martin 2010
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“I see it as a two-man race,” he says guilelessly.
FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER MATT LABASH 2010
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The circle always makes the assumption that the exposure of an at fault b mistakenly is similar with the ascertaining of truly - that the howler and fact are guilelessly opposite.
Director Kevin Smith 'Too Fat' To Fly Southwest Steven Barnes 2010
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This poster is everywhere in Edinburgh, and it's the most guilelessly, irony-free showbiz image of them all.
sionnach commented on the word guilelessly
"It's hard to find a boyfriend in San Francisco" said Mary guilelessly.
March 20, 2007