How do you use Guileless in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like honest or artless, plus the exact meaning.
Guileless meaning
Free from guile; honest but naive.
Synonyms of Guileless
Using Guileless
- The main meaning on this page is: Free from guile; honest but naive.
- Useful related words include: honest, artless, transparent, straight.
- In the example corpus, guileless often appears in combinations such as: guileless and, as guileless, guileless as.
Context around Guileless
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Guileless
- In this selection, "guileless" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, turns, joyless, adorably, family, manner and football stand out and add context to how "guileless" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and a guileless vulnerability on and and be guileless and corrupt. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "guileless" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with guileless
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Jerry is a guileless family man with 13 children and eight funeral homes. (13 words)
John, with his guileless manner, cuts through Constance’s cynicism by calling her Connie Lou. (15 words)
She had the kind of face that could be, by turns, guileless and steely, smoldering and sensuous. (17 words)
So, one week in at the World Cup and we’ve already seen Messi’s Argentina marched to the brink of exit, a guileless German attack and a (whisper it) dynamic and resourceful display from England. (36 words)
With her short shock of flaming red hair, exquisite body of a pin-up girl and a guileless vulnerability on stage and off, Verdon was considered the best dancer on Broadway in the 1950s and 1960s. (36 words)
Character and physical prowess Character and motivations Commodus Dio Cassius, a first-hand witness, describes him as "not naturally wicked but, on the contrary, as guileless as any man that ever lived. (32 words)
Example sentences (13)
Innerbichler, the lead, is just as guileless as you’d want from a character named Maizy in a play set in a city of corn.
Jerry is a guileless family man with 13 children and eight funeral homes.
John, with his guileless manner, cuts through Constance’s cynicism by calling her Connie Lou.
She had the kind of face that could be, by turns, guileless and steely, smoldering and sensuous.
Since he succeeded Mauricio Pochettino, his team have produced few decent performances never mind any signature performances, playing joyless, guileless football in the process.
The play also leaps sweetly into childhood, the actors transforming into little boys so adorably guileless that one has named his penis Rugrats, another after the Power Rangers.
Ambassador K.B Asante’s life, has shown that it is possible to be a politician in Africa and be guileless and corrupt-free.
In “The Clinton Affair,” Jones, seen here in 2016, comes across guileless and credible, a depiction very different from the media circus more than two decades ago.
Self-deprecating and sighing Rotherham research scientist Rahul Mandal, aka “”, has charmed the nation with his chunky knitwear and guileless jibber-jabber.
So, one week in at the World Cup and we’ve already seen Messi’s Argentina marched to the brink of exit, a guileless German attack and a (whisper it) dynamic and resourceful display from England.
Character and physical prowess Character and motivations Commodus Dio Cassius, a first-hand witness, describes him as "not naturally wicked but, on the contrary, as guileless as any man that ever lived.
In addition to directing, Polanski also played one of the main characters, a guileless young man who is intrigued by Tate's character and begins a romance with her.
With her short shock of flaming red hair, exquisite body of a pin-up girl and a guileless vulnerability on stage and off, Verdon was considered the best dancer on Broadway in the 1950s and 1960s.
Common combinations with guileless
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- guileless and 3×
- as guileless 2×
- guileless as 2×
- and guileless 2×