Both Uses of
ingenuous
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- There was no necessity for any continuance of speech, and the fact that she did add more seemed to proceed from an unconscious desire to show unconcern by making a remark, which is noticeable in the ingenuous when they are acting by stealth.†
Chpt 7-9
- A man's body is as the shell, or the tablet, of his soul, as he is reserved or ingenuous, overflowing or self-contained.†
Chpt 16-18 *
Definition:
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(ingenuous) innocent in the sense of lacking in sophistication or worldliness -- especially in being direct and not masking feelings