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The definition of guileless is candid, without deception or naive.

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An example of someone who is guileless is an honest and innocent girl who just arrived in a big city and who believes that everyone is as honest and good as she.

See guileless in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

without guile; candid; frank

Related Forms:

guilelessly adverb
guilelessness noun

See guileless in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Free of guile; artless. See Synonyms at naive.

Related Forms:

guileˈless·ly adverb

guileˈless·ness noun

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