Examples of guileless in a Sentence
she was an easygoing, guileless young woman who was comfortable just being herself
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Federico Marchetti, the Italian fashion entrepreneur, is a master of sprezzatura—the courtier’s art of cloaking ambition and cunning in an air of guileless nonchalance.
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John Seabrook, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
But Meg Stalter is not so much clueless as compassionately guileless.
—Anna Peele, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2025
His career hamstrung by bipolar disorder and stints in psychiatric hospitals, Johnston first found acclaim as an unguarded and guileless songwriter in the late ’80s with tunes that cut instantly to the emotional quick.
—Grayson Haver Currin Eli Durst, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Mickey 17 is as guileless as Candide, while his successor is more aggressive and shifty-eyed.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
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John Seabrook, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
But Meg Stalter is not so much clueless as compassionately guileless.
—Anna Peele, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2025
His career hamstrung by bipolar disorder and stints in psychiatric hospitals, Johnston first found acclaim as an unguarded and guileless songwriter in the late ’80s with tunes that cut instantly to the emotional quick.
—Grayson Haver Currin Eli Durst, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Mickey 17 is as guileless as Candide, while his successor is more aggressive and shifty-eyed.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Guileless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guileless. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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guileless
adjective
guile·less
ˈgī(ə)l-ləs 
guilelessly
adverb
guilelessness
noun
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