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Meanings of artlessness in English

Portuguese
naturalidade
Catalan
naturalitat
Spanish
inocencia

The quality of innocent naivete.

naturalidade

Ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit.

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Examples for "innocence"
Examples for "innocence"
1
Dr Jordaan has, however, after careful consideration decided to assert his innocence.
The South African
2
But in the state of innocence no immoderation existed in the passions.
Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) / From the Complete Americ...
3
My job here-mymain concern-isproving your innocence in this murder case.
The next to die
4
Pete was young, but he hadn't yet lost the look of innocence.
The Guardian
5
Mr Ravindra Singh said the 15 people continued to maintain their innocence.
Radio NZ
1
There was a great, sane naturalness in the alteration, in the advance.
Foes
2
The cure for the present state of things is a greater naturalness.
The Upton Letters
3
Simplicity and naturalness are great aids in breaking away from food slavery.
Maintaining Health (Formerly Health and Efficiency)
4
There was some solace, assurance, in the naturalness of things about him.
The Glory of the Conquered: The Story of a Great Love
5
Where polish is more in evidence than naturalness, we have-thetown scribe.
Chinese Literature / Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the S...
1
Her mind is rich in all the graces of ingenuousness and modesty.
Jane Talbot
2
The substance of the remaining speeches I have given with perfect ingenuousness.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4
3
His smooth, bronzed boyish face showed ingenuousness and candour in every line.
The Grell Mystery
4
The ingenuousness of youth had insisted on this prolongation of our meeting.
Simon the Jester
5
I could not help smiling at the ingenuousness of the captain's reasoning.
Humphrey Bold: A Story of the Times of Benbow
Usage of artlessness in English
1
Jasmin united the naive artlessness of poetry with the perfection of art.
Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist
2
She chattered with the childish artlessness that at times veiled her sophistication.
The Highgrader
3
One cannot be too careful, you know, she added with simulated artlessness.
The Eyes of the World
4
No: no Art arrives at the artlessness of nature in matters of comedy.
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete
5
The artlessness of these verses renders them none the less significant.
America To-day, Observations and Reflections
6
The apparent artlessness of this political swindler prevented her from suspecting a trick.
Bureaucracy
7
Perhaps it was her sincerity and artlessness that made her attractive.
The Treasure-Train
8
Gedney Daab looked down at her ardent artlessness without a burst of laughter.
Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl
9
An air of purity, innocence, and artlessness hung round her like a veil.
The Miracle of the Great St. Nicolas / 1920
10
She had all the natural grace of sweetness of temper and artlessness in herself.
Emma
11
These examples, deliberately digressive, are certain of their uncertainties, artful in their apparent artlessness.
The Guardian
12
Let us examine into this, and observe the exquisitely artful artlessness of the plan.
A Tramp Abroad
13
She put the question with the artlessness of a child.
Never-Fail Blake
14
His candour was as simple, as unaffected, as the serene artlessness of a child.
Life and Gabriella: The Story of a Woman's Courage
15
It was too much of the honest artlessness of youth.
Assail
16
They are motionless but noisy, their full natures revealed in the artlessness of sleep.
A disobedient girl: a novel
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