MEANING
Open and sincere, with no apparent intent to manipulate or deceive.
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- guileless smile
- guileless question
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Her guileless question unsettled the practiced negotiator.
He answered with a guileless smile that invited belief.
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- guileless
Usage notes
Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Comparative more guileless; superlative most guileless where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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