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Definition of Guileless
1. Adjective. Free of deceit.
Definition of Guileless
1. a. Free from guile; artless.
Definition of Guileless
1. Adjective. Free from guile; honest but naïve. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Guileless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Guileless
Literary usage of Guileless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Musical Life by Hugh Reginald Haweis (1898)
"The guileless one shakes his head. " Nothing but a fool! " exclaims Gurnemanz,
angrily; and seizing Parsifal by the shoulder, he pushes him roughly out of ..."
2. The Seasons by James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch, John Aikin (1811)
"They loved: but such their guileless passion was, As in the dawn of time informed
the heart , . ... guileless ..."
3. First Letter to the Very Rev. J. H. Newman, D.D.: In Explanation, Chiefly in by Edward Bouverie Pusey (1869)
"S. Ephraim simply calls the BV " guileless," much in the sense of the English word6.
The The fourth is a comment on the words of the angel, " Take the child ..."
4. Evelina: Or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World by Fanny Burney (1903)
"May'st thou, to the last moment of an unblemished life, retain thy genuine
simplicity, thy singleness of heart, thy guileless sincerity ! And may'st thou, ..."
5. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"... of soul and sense Had thrilled my guileless Geneviève ; The music and the
doleful tale, The rich and balmy eve ; And hopes, and fears that kindle hope. ..."
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