Sample Sentences for
credulous
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    So I fear that your Dr. Jordan is either credulous to an infantile degree, or himself a great scoundrel;  (source)
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    Even the humblest Party member is expected to be competent, industrious, and even intelligent within narrow limits, but it is also necessary that he should be a credulous and ignorant fanatic whose...  (source)
    credulous = more willing to believe than is logical
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    Tom bent down close to it and said, "Lady-bug, lady-bug, fly away home, your house is on fire, your children's alone," and she took wing and went off to see about it --which did not surprise the boy, for he knew of old that this insect was credulous ... and he had practised upon its simplicity more than once.  (source)
    credulous = gullible (being too willing to believe)
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    I stare at the floor, ashamed at the incredulity on Mazen's face.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incredulity means not and reverses the meaning of credulity. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
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    He was open-minded, but not credulous.  (source)
    credulous = too willing to believe
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    It was a bit more than credulity could bear  (source)
    credulity = willingness to believe
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    But the world listened only half credulously until the Fisk Jubilee Singers sang the slave songs so deeply into the world's heart that it can never wholly forget them again.†  (source)
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    Nevertheless, the old sea-traditions, the immemorial credulities, popularly invested this old Manxman with preternatural powers of discernment.†  (source)
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    Antonia had the most trusting, responsive eyes in the world; love and credulousness seemed to look out of them with open faces.  (source)
    credulousness = trust (readiness to believe)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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    But his grief at her incredulities returned.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incredulities means not and reverses the meaning of credulities. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
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    The girl looked at the Count with an expression of incredulity.†  (source)
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    ...the hymn's grave language sung in so credulous a spirit moved him,  (source)
    credulous = eager belief
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    As our credulity switched back to her she leaned forward with enthusiasm.  (source)
    credulity = interest and willingness to believe
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