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The definition of ingenuous is open or frank.

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An example of ingenuous is a person who tells the truth.

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See ingenuous in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Obsolete of noble birth or nature
frank; open; candid
simple; artless; naive; without guile

Origin: L ingenuus, native, inborn, freeborn, noble, frank < ingignere, to engender < in-, in + gignere, to produce: see genus

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ingenuously adverb
ingenuousness noun

See ingenuous in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; artless.
Openly straightforward or frank; candid. See Synonyms at naive.
Obsolete Ingenious.

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Origin: Latin ingenuus, honest, freeborn; see genə- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

in·genˈu·ous·ly adverb

in·genˈu·ous·ness noun

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