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Synonyms for ingenuous

Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-jen-yoo-uhs
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈdʒɛn yu əs

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Définition of ingenuous

Origin :
  • 1590s, "noble in nature," from Latin ingenuus "with the virtues of freeborn people, of noble character, frank, upright, candid," originally "native, freeborn," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + gen-, root of gignere "beget, produce" (see genus). Sense of "artless, innocent" is 1670s, via evolution from "high-minded" to "honorably open, straightforward," to "innocently frank." Related: Ingenuously; ingenuousness.
  • adj honest, trustful
Example sentences :
  • Without knowing why, they understood perfectly now that neither had been ingenuous.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Somehow, the inflection on the last word did not altogether suggest the ingenuous.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • It was ingenuous and brave; born of a proud and great purity.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • He trembled before this innocence, so ardent and so ingenuous.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • He was, however, anticipated by the voice of the ingenuous and youthful Alice.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Her ingenuous innocence did not conceal her gladness at seeing me!
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • I cannot boast of Mr. Creech's ingenuous fair dealing to me.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
  • Imogen stood for a moment in a sweet and ingenuous state of suspense.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • Thy heart is ingenuous and sincere; thy misfortune is poignant and affecting.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • He possessed a soul brave, liberal, enlightened, and ingenuous.
  • Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson

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