What does guileless mean?
Guileless means Free from guile; honest but naive..
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/ˈɡaɪl.ləs/ · adjective
Free from guile; honest but naive..
To foreigners we often seem guileless and overchatty, an impression which is dispersed when they find that much of our friendliness is just the ebullition of the moment and does not carry with it any permanence of devotion.
Use guileless when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Guileless means Free from guile; honest but naive..
Common synonyms include artless, honest, transparent, straight.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
To foreigners we often seem guileless and overchatty, an impression which is dispersed when they find that much of our friendliness is just the ebullition of the moment and does not carry with it any permanence of devotion.
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