Antonyms for guileless
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : gahyl-lis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgaɪl lɪs |
Definition of guileless
Origin :- 1727, from guile + -less. Related: Guilelessly; guilelessness.
- adj honest
- After all, he could not be brutal with this guileless maiden.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- He had liked all police constables tenderly, with a guileless trustfulness.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- He stooped to meet the guileless face that met his without shrinking.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Perhaps she was just as sequestered and guileless and inexperienced as that.
- Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
- Like my father, I was open, guileless, unsuspecting—and it destroyed me.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 » by Various
- Here was the pale face of the ascetic, and there the guileless eyes of the saint.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- No voice could have been more innocent and guileless than was hers now.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
- Dorothy was young and guileless, or he could never have fooled her so easily.
- Extract from : « Pretty Madcap Dorothy » by Laura Jean Libbey
- As it was, that guileless scheme proved fatal in its results.
- Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
- Simple, you will see he was; open-faced and guileless as the day.
- Extract from : « The Flockmaster of Poison Creek » by George W. Ogden
Synonyms for guileless
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