All 5 Uses of
ingenuous
in
The Idiot
- Yet his smile, in spite of its sweetness, was a little thin, if I may so call it, and showed his teeth too evenly; his gaze though decidedly good-humoured and ingenuous, was a trifle too inquisitive and intent to be altogether agreeable.†
Chpt 1.2
- Observe how ingenuously he underlines certain words, and how crudely he glosses over his hidden thoughts.†
Chpt 1.7 *ingenuously = in an innocent manner -- as when lacking sophistication or worldliness -- especially when being direct and not masking feelings
- "No, I'm not married!" replied the prince, smiling at the ingenuousness of this little feeler.†
Chpt 2.6ingenuousness = innocence -- in the sense of lacking sophistication or worldliness -- especially by being direct and not masking feelings
- This is an excess of ingenuousness or of malice—you ought to know better than anyone which word best fits the case.†
Chpt 2.9
- "Why, no, it is hardly the same," remarked Gavrila Ardalionovitch, with an air of ingenuous surprise.†
Chpt 2.9
Definition:
innocent in the sense of lacking in sophistication or worldliness -- especially in being direct and not masking feelings