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ingenuousness Definition


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ingenuous
adj
    1. Innocent and childlike, especially in being frank, honest and incapable of deception.
      Thesaurus: frank, outspoken, candid, straightforward, blunt, direct, simple, unsophisticated, artless, plain, naive, innocent; Antonym: devious, worldly-wise.
Derivative: ingenuously
adverb
    Derivative: ingenuousness
    noun
      Etymology: 16c: from Latin ingenuus native or freeborn.



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