naively

adv
/naɪˈivli/

Etymology

From naive + -ly.

  1. derived from nātīvus
  2. borrowed from naïve
  3. suffixed as naively — “naive + ly

Definitions

  1. In a naive manner.

    • At this point there may possibly be a few readers who naively expect that they will somehow be held exempt from this law of universal klutzhood. Not for them the indignities of life as a bungling beginner.
    • There are too many gratuitous and insulting characters, like Mary Fisher's employee, a stereotyped Latino stud, and the old people in a nursing home who are presented as unindividuated and naively happy.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA