artlessness

artlessness
n
1. openness, openheartedness, ingenuousness, guilelessness, sincerity, sincereness, genuineness, undeceptiveness, undeceitfulness; naturalness, unaffectedness, unpretentiousness.
2. candor, candidness, frankness, forthrightness, straightforwardness, calling a spade a spade, Sl. telling it like it is; plain-speaking, plain-spokenness, down-rightness, outrightness, explicitness, unequivocalness.
3. naivete, naiveness, simpleness, simple-mindedness, innocence; unsophisticatedness, greenness, rawness, unworldliness; trustfulness, unsuspiciousness, unwariness, unguardedness.
4. unskillfulness, inexpertness, uncleverness; clumsiness, crudeness, awkwardness, undexterousness, undeftness, unfacileness; ungiftedness, untalentedness.

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  • Artlessness — Art less*ness, n. The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • artlessness — index honesty, veracity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Artlessness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Artlessness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 artlessness artlessness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 nature nature simplicity Sgm: N 1 innocence innocence &c. 946 Sgm: N 1 bonhomie bonhomie naivete …   English dictionary for students

  • artlessness — noun see artless …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • artlessness — See artlessly. * * * …   Universalium

  • artlessness — noun a) The state or quality of being artless. b) The state or quality of being innocent; naivete …   Wiktionary

  • artlessness — Synonyms and related words: absolute realism, authenticity, bluffness, bluntness, bona fideness, broadness, brusqueness, candidness, candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness, freedom, freeness, genuineness, honesty, inartificiality,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • artlessness — (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Simplicity] Syn. ingenuousness, naivet?, candor; see innocence 2 . 2. [Unskillfulness] Syn. ineptitude, crudeness, clumsiness; see awkwardness 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • artlessness — n. unaffectedness, naturalness; lack of artistic skill or taste …   English contemporary dictionary

  • artlessness — art·less·ness …   English syllables

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