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she was an easygoing, guileless young woman who was comfortable just being herself
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Mother and daughter had been preparing a dance for the upcoming powwow in Tulsa, and Roki — who boasts a guileless smile — hasn’t been dissuaded by her aunt that anything is amiss.
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
By the time Elsbeth’s final fitting with Mateo rolls around, the line between secret investigator and seemingly guileless muse-confidante is very blurry.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 23 May 2024
The story itself is familiar, but director Gillian Armstrong instills it with jittery whimsy and lead Jo Kennedy projects a skewed, guileless charisma.
—Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Apr. 2024
Teenagers are not the guileless consumers this program sometimes suggests: these people understand that cheap clothing is bad, and yet the desire to be perceived as cool will always take precedence.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
By the time Elsbeth’s final fitting with Mateo rolls around, the line between secret investigator and seemingly guileless muse-confidante is very blurry.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 23 May 2024
The story itself is familiar, but director Gillian Armstrong instills it with jittery whimsy and lead Jo Kennedy projects a skewed, guileless charisma.
—Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Apr. 2024
Teenagers are not the guileless consumers this program sometimes suggests: these people understand that cheap clothing is bad, and yet the desire to be perceived as cool will always take precedence.
—Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
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“Guileless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guileless. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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guileless
adjective
guile·less
ˈgī(ə)l-ləs 
guilelessly
adverb
guilelessness
noun
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