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Ingenuous
Ingenuous
in·gen·u·ous
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(adjective)
innocent, naive, and showing childlike innocence and simplicity;
e.g. The ingenuous puppy looked around the vast green park, wondering which way to run!
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Artless
Childlike
Credulous
Dewy
Dewy-eyed
Genuine
Girlish
Green
Guileless
Honest
Impressionable
Innocent
Maidenly
Naive
Natural
Persuadable
Primitive
Real
Self-deprecating
Self-deprecatory
Sincere
True
Unaffected
Unassertive
Uncritical
Undesigning
Unknowing
Unpretentious
Unsophisticated
Unsubtle
Unsuspecting
Unwary
Unworldly
Wide-eyed
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Adolescent
Callow
Candid
Careless
Childish
Childlike
Credulous
Demure
Dewy-eyed
Direct
Down-to-earth
Forthcoming
Forthright
Foursquare
Frank
Free
Free-spoken
Gullible
Heartfelt
Heedless
Honest
Humble
Immature
Impractical
Impressionable
Juvenile
Lowly
Malleable
Meek
Modest
Open
Openhearted
Out-front
Outspoken
Persuadable
Plain
Plainspoken
Puerile
Raw
Simpleminded
Sincere
Single-minded
Spontaneous
Straight
Straightforward
Susceptible
Thoughtless
Trustful
Unassuming
Unfeigned
Unfledged
Unforced
Unformed
Unguarded
Unpretentious
Unrealistic
Unreserved
Unripe
Unripened
Unsophisticated
Unstudied
Unwary
Unworldly
Up-front
Wide-eyed
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