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naivete
Part of Speech: noun
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Examples of usage:
- It was very short, and I tried not to make it too nice, and I said nothing at all about writing, only just remarked that it would be interesting to receive letters from India," said Bridgie, with a naivete which made Mademoiselle throw up her hands in delight. - "Pixie O'Shaughnessy", Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey.
- When he returned, he brought with him a native of China, whom he took one evening to a ball in London, where the foreigner from Shanghai, or Pekin, inquired with much naivete as to the amount of money which his host had given to the dancers for their evening's performance, and was persuaded with difficulty that their exertions were entirely gratuitous. - "Charles Lamb", Barry Cornwall.
- If anybody looked at her, she exhibited her accomplishments with an eagerness that had a charming touch of naivete. - "Angel Island", Inez Haynes Gillmore.