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or naïvely
as in sincerely
without any attempt to impress by deception or exaggeration
she naively admitted to the job interviewer that she actually had little work experience
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Recent Examples of naively
Many wealth management strategies naively assume that rate cuts automatically benefit all equities equally.
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Elie Nour, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Rising health care costs are never far from many of our minds — the millions of people soon to be kicked off Medicaid but also plenty of us who thought, naively, that the well-insured would never need to worry.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025
Elie Nour, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Rising health care costs are never far from many of our minds — the millions of people soon to be kicked off Medicaid but also plenty of us who thought, naively, that the well-insured would never need to worry.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for naively
Adverb
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How to rebuild trust in a relationship The first steps to rebuilding trust in a relationship, Prabhu says, is for the partner who was hurt to express their pain to the partner who hurt them, and for the partner who hurt them to sincerely acknowledge and validate the hurt partner's feelings.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
15 Sep. 2025
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Miller sincerely believes there’s a game for everyone.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
11 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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But then Belly scraps her Parisian plans and pledges her young life to Jeremiah, a rising super senior at Finch majoring in getting high and going to Cabo (which, quite honestly, is more age-appropriate than a wedding).—
Vogue,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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But tag-ins and assists are still essential and, honestly, easier than ever.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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But Moscow has openly rejected proposals from Kyiv’s European allies to contribute to a potential peacekeeping force in Ukraine if a ceasefire deal is finalized.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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In a first-person essay published in Sports Illustrated in 2013, Collins wrote about his sexuality and became the first openly gay player in any of the four major North American men's professional sports leagues.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Usually, though, it would be complemented by a transverse rear bed, because a longitudinal bed layout simply wouldn't fit behind the popular tandem bathroom compartment and front dinette.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Sep. 2025
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When a film delivers both scares and a great story, audiences turn out in huge numbers because there is simply no substitute for the thrill of horror on the big screen.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Thou shalt pose for the cover, ideally smiling and having a casually joyous time.—
Amiel Stanek,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Create Short, Snappy Messages Short, snappy messaging is great while people are in the mindset to casually scroll on social media.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Naively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naively. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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