Synonyms of guileless
Examples of guileless in a Sentence
she was an easygoing, guileless young woman who was comfortable just being herself
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Ardies plays Hulda, a guileless girl, full of excitement at the prospect of womanhood.
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 6 Dec. 2025
The key for all these people has been a great smile — broad, toothy, guileless — to emphasize the schism between the Others’ experience of togetherness and Carol’s deepening loneliness.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
There’s a comic aspect to her confusion—chronic shushers will be triggered to the point of distraction—which only reveals the utterly guileless depth of Buckley’s absorption in the role.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
The books have the guileless charm of club-notes.
—New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
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Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 6 Dec. 2025
The key for all these people has been a great smile — broad, toothy, guileless — to emphasize the schism between the Others’ experience of togetherness and Carol’s deepening loneliness.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
There’s a comic aspect to her confusion—chronic shushers will be triggered to the point of distraction—which only reveals the utterly guileless depth of Buckley’s absorption in the role.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
The books have the guileless charm of club-notes.
—New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Guileless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guileless. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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guileless
adjective
guile·less
ˈgī(ə)l-ləs 
guilelessly
adverb
guilelessness
noun
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