Both Uses of
ingenuous
in
The House of Mirth
- He rose with a start, his ingenuous face looking as though it had been dipped in crimson: even the reddish tint in his beard seemed to deepen.†
Chpt 1.2 *
- "It's most awfully jolly having Miss Bart back," said Lord Hubert, in his mild deliberate voice; and Mrs. Bry added ingenuously: "I daresay the Duchess will dine with us, now that Lily's here."†
Chpt 2.1
Definition:
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(ingenuous) innocent in the sense of lacking in sophistication or worldliness -- especially in being direct and not masking feelings