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Definition of guileless adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

guileless

adjective

/ˈɡaɪlləs/

/ˈɡaɪlləs/

(formal)

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behaving in a very honest way; not knowing how to trick people
- She had the guileless innocence of a child.
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