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adjective. formal uk / ˈɡaɪl.ləs / us / ˈɡaɪl.ləs / Add to word list. honest, not able to deceive: She regarded him with wide, guileless blue eyes. Synonyms. ingenuous formal. sincere. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. telling the truth and able to be trusted. honest The new MP was refreshingly honest with her constituents.
The meaning of GUILELESS is innocent, naive. How to use guileless in a sentence.
Guileless definition: free from deception or slyness; sincere and straightforward. See examples of GUILELESS used in a sentence.
If you are guileless, you are not a liar; you are innocent, and you might be a touch on the gullible side. To be guileless is to be without guile. Guile is "deceit, duplicity and trickery."
adjective. formal us / ˈɡaɪl.ləs / uk / ˈɡaɪl.ləs / Add to word list. honest, not able to deceive: She regarded him with wide, guileless blue eyes. Synonyms. ingenuous formal. sincere. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. telling the truth and able to be trusted. honest The new representative was refreshingly honest with her constituents.
If you describe someone as guileless, you mean that they behave openly and truthfully and do not try to deceive people.
Definition of guileless adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
