Crossword clues for artlessly
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Artlessly \Art"less*ly\, adv.
In an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile;
unaffectedly.
--Pope.
Wiktionary
adv. In an artless manner.
WordNet
adv. in a crude and unskilled manner; "an inexpertly constructed lean-to" [syn: crudely, inexpertly]
in an ingenuous manner; "she answered the judge's questions artlessly" [syn: ingenuously]
Usage examples of "artlessly".
Never have I known anyone so cunning and resourceful, and so artlessly caring.
After putting everything in order, she closes the door because the wind is high, and in her anxiety not to lose one word of what I have to say, she entreats artlessly a little place near me.
Frowning, he studied the artlessly casual phrases as if he could see through them to what was really in her mind as she wrote.
She spoke so artlessly that I instantly suspected that the information did not come as a surprise.
Hideyoshi artlessly received the tea and drank it down in three gulps.
Dipping the brush in the ink, he artlessly drew a line through three or four clauses and wrote in his own opinions.
Henceforward the curtain of oblivion must fall on cordial waters distilled mechanically from sweet herbs, and on electuaries artlessly compounded of seeds and roots by a Lady Monmouth, or a Countess of Arundel, as in the Stuart and Tudor times.
After putting everything in order, she closes the door because the wind is high, and in her anxiety not to lose one word of what I have to say, she entreats artlessly a little place near me.
I realized what it had meant when I painted pictures, not the ruby-red bleeding and vibrant pictures of Venice, but old pictures in the antique Byzantine style, which had once flowed so artlessly and perfectly from my brush.
It has been said that our honest and dear old friend used to perform on the flute in private: Glorvina insisted upon having duets with him, and Lady O’Dowd would rise and artlessly quit the room, when the young couple were so engaged.