Crossword clues for artlessness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Artlessness \Art"less*ness\, n. The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity.
Wiktionary
n. 1 the state or quality of being artless 2 the state or quality of being innocent; naivete
WordNet
n. the quality of innocent naivete [syn: innocence, ingenuousness, naturalness]
ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit [ant: artfulness]
Usage examples of "artlessness".
I asked her to come and sit on my bed, but she answered that she could not take such a liberty now that she was dressed, The simplicity, artlessness, and innocence of the answer seemed to me very enchanting, and brought a smile on my lips.
Christine was simple, but her artlessness did not come from her mind, only from her heart.
Who would have suspected that such indomitable energy and such an impassioned soul was hidden beneath such girlish artlessness and apparent coldness?
Martial could not fail to be fascinated by the modest artlessness and chaste fears of the heart which seemed to be waking for him.
Her artlessness, her vivacity, her eager curiosity, and the bashful blushes which spread over her face whenever her innocent or jesting remarks caused me to laugh, everything, in fact, convinced me that she was an angel destined to become the victim of the first libertine who would undertake to seduce her.
She answered very sensibly all the questions addressed to her by Charles, often exciting his mirth by her artlessness, but not shewing any silliness.
I listened with real pleasure to the account he gave me of the impression produced upon all his family and upon Count Algarotti by the beauty, the artlessness, the rich toilet, and especially by the simple talk of the lovely country girl.
Her artlessness, her vivacity, her eager curiosity, and the bashful blushes which spread over her face whenever her innocent or jesting remarks caused me to laugh, everything, in fact, convinced me that she was an angel destined to become the victim of the first libertine who would undertake to seduce her.
Christine was simple, but her artlessness did not come from her mind, only from her heart.
I listened with real pleasure to the account he gave me of the impression produced upon all his family and upon Count Algarotti by the beauty, the artlessness, the rich toilet, and especially by the simple talk of the lovely country girl.
The sincerity and artlessness with which she discussed what she called her “love-life,” from first necking to connubial catch-as-catch-can, were, ethically, in striking contrast with my glib compositions, but technically the two sets were congeneric since both were affected by the same stuff (soap operas, psychoanalysis and cheap novelettes) upon which I drew for my characters and she for her mode of expression.