guileless

[US]/ˈɡaɪlləs/
[UK]/ˈɡaɪlləs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. without deceit; honest

Example Sentences

a guileless, disarming look.

a harmless, honest, guileless creature;

She gave him a guileless look, but he knew he couldn’t really trust her.

She was the blue-eyed, black-haired gamine whose voice and guileless charm had been the key to Human victory in the Robotech War.

She had a guileless smile on her face.

His guileless demeanor made him easy to trust.

The child's guileless honesty was refreshing.

She approached the situation with a guileless innocence.

His guileless nature made him vulnerable to deception.

The guileless girl believed everything she was told.

Despite his guileless appearance, he was quite cunning.

Her guileless charm won over everyone she met.

The guileless puppy wagged its tail in excitement.

He had a guileless way of speaking that endeared him to others.

Real-world Examples

One veteran Washington intelligence observer uses the word guileless to describe his demeanor.

Source: Time

" Hodor" ? Hodor blinked at him with guileless brown eyes, eyes innocent of understanding.

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings (Bilingual Edition)

But the electronic stuff is often sweet, guileless, innocent.

Source: 99% unknown stories

Adopting a child's outlook, meanwhile, lends it a guileless authenticity, but also has a limitation.

Source: The Economist Culture

Like an imperious Greek goddess, imposing her will on the guileless masses.

Source: Gossip Girl Season 5

Gentle, guileless creatures with beautiful eyes, I shall be sorry to leave them when we leave camp.

Source: Summer walks through the mountains.

Next came a sandpiper and gazed at me with much the same guileless expression of eye as the Ouzel.

Source: The Mountains of California (Part 2)

Her voice was guileless, yet the question plainly made the envoy anxious. " The same, " he admitted. " A great man" .

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Storm of Ice and Rain (Bilingual)

Am I not, on the contrary, generous in bidding you reserve your love for the coming angel with the guileless heart?

Source: Lily of the Valley (Part 1)

This guileless confectioner was not by any means sober, and had a black eye in the green stage of recovery, which was painted over.

Source: Great Expectations (Original Version)

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