artless

[US]/ˈɑːtləs/
[UK]/ˈɑːrtləs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. simple, innocent, natural, unaffected, unpretentious

Example Sentences

an artless, naive girl.

an artless literary masterpiece.

the government's artless drift

her awkward, artless prose.

a woman of artless grace and simple goodness.

He smiled as artless as a child of 5.

Real-world Examples

" I kissed her, " began Demi, with artless frankness.

Source: Little Women (Bilingual Edition)

" I thought you knowed everything, father, " said the artless boy.

Source: A Tale of Two Cities (Original Version)

The guard was cheated by his artless artifice.

Source: Pan Pan

With what delight did Ambrosio listen to the declaration of her artless gratitude!

Source: Monk (Part 2)

To acquire the right of obliging her, and hear the artless expressions of her gratitude!

Source: Monk (Part 2)

Where and with whomsoever I have lived I have always been considered to be entirely artless.

Source: Goose Palm Queen Barbecue Restaurant (Part 1)

Scarlet ibis nests have been  called " artless, " because, really, it's just a loose formation of sticks.

Source: Animal Logic

" I will detain you no longer then, monsieur, " she said, employing the round and artless eye.

Source: Selected Works of O. Henry

Within one moment they would be round and artless like a child's, and long and cozening like a gypsy's.

Source: Selected Works of O. Henry

Soothing him with his artless talk of her, the child persuaded him to take some rest, to walk abroad-to do almost as he desired him.

Source: British Original Language Textbook Volume 5

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