ingenuouslyadv.
/ɪnˈdʒɛnjuːəsli/ 1. In an ingenuous manner; honestly, straightforwardly, openly, frankly, candidly; without dissimulation or reserve.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adverb] > artlessly, guilessly, or innocently
innocentlyc1400
ingenuously1611
plain-heartedly1675
artlessly1713
naively1716
naïfly1859
unsubtly1934
1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 5 Sixtus..and Alphonsus..doe ingenuously confesse as much.
1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) iv. v, in Wks. I. 51 Tell me, ingenuously, dost thou affect my sister Bridget, as thou pretend'st?
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ i. ii. § 11 Joseph Scaliger plainly gives out, and ingenuously professeth his ignorance.
1759 W. H. Dilworth Life of Pope 47 He ingenuously sent them to him in his own handwriting.
1884 Manch. Examiner 15 Feb. 5/4 He entered upon a rash enterprise, and conducted it not altogether ingenuously.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > humanistic studies > [adverb]
liberally1624
ingenuously1670
humanistically1875
1670 R. Coke Disc. Trade 74 The Female Sex..are less bred ingenuously in England, than in France, Spain, Italy, Germany, and the United Netherlands.
1673 B. Makin Ess. to revive Antient Educ. Gentlewomen 4 Were a competent number of Schools erected to Educate Ladyes ingenuously, methinks I see how asham'd Men would be of their Ignorance.
1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 14 Those that are most ingenuously educated in Arts and Letters.
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