| ADJECTIVE | all | artless, ingenuous | characterized by an inability to mask your feelings |
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| all | artless | simple and natural | |
| all | artless | showing lack of art | |
| all | artless, uncultivated, uncultured | (of persons) lacking art or knowledge |
| Meaning | Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious. | |
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| Synonym | ingenuous | |
| Narrower | candid, open, heart-to-heart | openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness |
| undistorted | Without alteration or misrepresentation | |
| See also | honest, honorable | not disposed to cheat or defraud |
| naive, naif | marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly / worldly experience | |
| sincere | open and genuine | |
| Opposite | disingenuous, artful | not straightforward or candid / candid |
| Spanish | ingenuo | |
| Nouns | artlessness | the quality of innocent naivete |
| Adverbs | artlessly | in an ingenuous manner |
| Meaning | simple and natural; without cunning or deceit. | |
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| Narrower | careless | effortless and unstudied |
| See also | natural | In accordance with nature |
| Opposite | artful | marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft |
| Catalan | senzill | |
| Spanish | sencillo | |
| Nouns | artlessness | ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit |
| Meaning | showing lack of art. | |
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| Example | "an artless translation" | |
| Broader | unskilled | not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency / proficiency |
| Adverbs | artlessly | in a crude and unskilled manner |
| Meaning | (of persons) lacking art or knowledge. | |
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| Synonyms | uncultivated, uncultured | |
| Broader | unrefined | (used of persons and their behavior) not refined |
| Catalan | senzill | |
| Spanish | sencillo | |