guileless

GYLE-lisadj

Meaning innocent and without tricks; open and honest

Memory hook GUILE-LESS: no tricks at all. Theo plays cards holding his hand face out so everyone can see it: no tricks, no secrets, no bluffing. He is guileless.

The puppy’s guileless eyes made it impossible to stay angry.

In context Unlike the sly older players, the new girl was guileless: she told everyone her strategy before the game and was surprised when they used it against her.

Similar innocent, naive, artless, trusting

Opposite sly, cunning, devious

From guile, “sly trickery,” + -less: without tricks.

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