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adj. lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child's innocent stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"

ingenuous, artless

adj. characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"

unsophisticated, unworldly

adj. not wise in the ways of the world; "either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien

genuine, echt

adj. not fake or counterfeit; "a genuine Picasso"; "genuine leather"

frank

adj. clearly manifest; evident; "frank enjoyment"

honest, honorable

adj. not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"

honest

adj. without dissimulation; frank; "my honest opinion"

aboveboard, straightforward

adj. without concealment or deception; honest; "their business was open and aboveboard"; "straightforward in all his business affairs"

point-blank

adj. close enough to go straight to the target; "point-blank range"; "a point-blank shot"

direct

adj. lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite"

direct

adj. moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

square(a), straightforward, straight

adj. without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears"

reputable

adj. having a good reputation; "a reputable business"; "a reputable scientist"; "a reputable wine"

guileless, transparent

adj. free of deceit

openhearted

adj. freely communicative; candidly straightforward; "openhearted advice"

trusting

adj. inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust; "great brown eye, true and trustful"- Nordhoff & Hall

unsophisticated, unworldly

adj. not wise in the ways of the world; "either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien

childlike, wide-eyed, round-eyed, dewy-eyed, simple

adj. exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity; "childlike trust"; "dewy-eyed innocence"; "listened in round-eyed wonder"

credulous

adj. showing a lack of judgment or experience; "so credulous he believes everything he reads"

gullible

adj. easily tricked because of being too trusting; "gullible tourists taken in by the shell game"

ignorant, inexperienced

adj. lacking practical experience or training

simple-minded

adj. lacking subtlety and insight; "a simple-minded argument"

disingenuous, artful

adj. not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a disingenuous excuse"

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