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ingenuously

UK/ɪnˈdʒɛnjuːəsli/

ingenuously adverb: in an ingenuous manner; frankly, straightforwardly.

Adverb

ingenuously (comparative more ingenuously, superlative most ingenuously)

  1. In an ingenuous manner; frankly, straightforwardly.
    • Let us ingenuously confesse that only God and Faith hath told it us: for it is no lesson of Nature, nor comming from our reason.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
    • Yet this in Duty and Modesty I may ingenuously confess, My Royal Husband is oto far seduced, his Ear is too open, his Will too violent, and his Heart too free, to those bewitching Syrens, that make his Errors their Profit and Glory.c. 1620s, Elizabeth Cary [misattributed to Henry Cary], The History Of the most unfortunate Prince King Edward II. […] , London: A.G. and F. P., published 1680, page 41

Forms of ingenuously

comparativemore ingenuously
superlativemost ingenuously

Origin of ingenuously

From ingenuous + -ly.

Questions about ingenuously

What does ingenuously mean?
Ingenuously means in an ingenuous manner; frankly, straightforwardly.
What part of speech is ingenuously?
Ingenuously is an adverb.
How do you pronounce ingenuously?
Ingenuously is pronounced /ɪnˈdʒɛnjuːəsli/ (UK).

Words near ingenuously in the dictionary

  1. ingenuities
  2. ingenuitive
  3. ingenuitous
  4. ingenuity
  5. ingenuous
  6. ingenuously
  7. ingenuousness
  8. ingenuousnesses
  9. ingenus
  10. ingeny
  11. Inger

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