Free from deceitfulness or duplicity; guileless, innocent; honest, open, sincere.

Having or showing the simplicity, ignorance, artlessness, or unsuspecting nature of a child or one ignorant of the world; devoid of cunning or…

Having or characterized by simplicity as a personal quality; esp. (a) unsophisticated; (also) simple-minded, ignorant; (b) (in later use usually)…

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

Guileless.

= naive, adj. 1.

Scottish and northern dialect. Innocent of wrong intent, guileless, simple; also, of a thing, harmless. Hence, in disparaging sense…

Sincere and open; without deceit or guile; ingenuous, innocent.

Having no nooks or corners; (hence) guileless.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

Scottish. Simple in character; single-minded; free from duplicity, honest; = aefauld, adj. 2. Now rare.

Originally: natural and unaffected; artless; innocent. Later also: showing a lack of experience, judgement, or wisdom; credulous, gullible. Cf. naïf…

Of, belonging to, or characterized by, innocence; innocent.

Of a person. Not offering an excuse. Obsolete.

Not crafty or cunning; guileless.

Lacking cunning or craftiness; artless, guileless; innocent. rare.

Innocently frank or open; guileless, innocent; artless. (= French ingénu, -ue.)

Free from artifice or cunning.

Without guile; sincere, ingenuous. (Now the usual sense.)

An artless, innocent girl or young woman; also, the representation of such a character on the stage, or the actress who plays the part. Also as adj.…

figurative. Innocent, ingenuous. Cf. blue-eyed boy n. at compounds.