a. : showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness. her ingenuous thirst for experience Christopher Rawson. b. : lacking craft or subtlety. ingenuous in their brutality. 2. obsolete : noble, honorable. ingenuously adverb.

adjective. 1. as in genuine. free from any intent to deceive or impress others photographs that capture the ingenuous smiles of young children at play. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. genuine. unaffected. honest.

in·gen·u·ous 1. Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; innocent or naive: I'm not so ingenuous as to believe everything he says. 2. Straightforward or frank; candid: "I must be so ingenuous as to own that the accounts are not so certain as to the...

ingenuous adjective formal uk / ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs / us / ɪnˈdʒen.ju.əs / honest, sincere, and trusting, sometimes in a way that seems silly: It has to be said it was rather ingenuous of him to ask a …

adjective in· ge· nious in-ˈjēn-yəs 1 : having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving an ingenious detective 2 : marked by originality, resourcefulness, and …

marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience adjective characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious “an ingenuous admission of responsibility” synonyms: artless candid, heart-to-heart, open openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness undistorted

ingenious adjective us / ɪnˈdʒin·jəs / (of a person) skilled at inventing new ways to do something, esp. to solve problems, or (of ideas or things) original, and showing esp. the ability to solve …

ingenuous in American English 1. free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere. 2. artless; innocent; naive. 3. obsolete honorable or noble. SYNONYMS 1. frank, straightforward, open. ... USAGE See ingenious. Most material ©...

Ingenious typically describes people who come up with clever ideas or solutions, or the ideas or solutions clever people come up with. It is defined as “having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving" and “marked by originality, resourcefulness, and cleverness in conception or execution.”

ingenuous spirit; ingenuous way; ingenuous certitude; Often Confused with : - Ingenious * characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction: More Examples. He is too ingenuous in believing what people say. The ingenious child told the whole story in ingenuous manner. The ingenuous boy gave an account of his act, concealing nothing.