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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
To believe otherwise is to divert one’s gaze, naively, hoping others will manage the problem, keeping it from your doorstep — in defiance of the medicine and simple math.
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Eric Snoey, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
When the frame shifts up and over the reservoir’s edge, Copco 1 appears as a concrete colossus, standing sentry over the river naively burbling below.
—Anne Reeve, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
But owner Danny Meyer wants to remind you about its days as a scrappy ingénue, naïvely determined to show this gritty city a thing or two about democratic dining.
—Christine Muhlke, Air Mail, 20 Sep. 2025
Mills’ team works from what’s known about the physical Earth over deep time, and then lets the model naïvely produce the temperature estimates on its own.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Many wealth management strategies naively assume that rate cuts automatically benefit all equities equally.
—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
Eric Snoey, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
When the frame shifts up and over the reservoir’s edge, Copco 1 appears as a concrete colossus, standing sentry over the river naively burbling below.
—Anne Reeve, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
But owner Danny Meyer wants to remind you about its days as a scrappy ingénue, naïvely determined to show this gritty city a thing or two about democratic dining.
—Christine Muhlke, Air Mail, 20 Sep. 2025
Mills’ team works from what’s known about the physical Earth over deep time, and then lets the model naïvely produce the temperature estimates on its own.
—Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Many wealth management strategies naively assume that rate cuts automatically benefit all equities equally.
—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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My parents’ house is sincerely stunning; my mom designed the whole thing.—
Bryce Jones,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Oct. 2025
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Gee previously rejected many of Dunbar’s other legal claims, but left it up to a jury to decide whether his religious beliefs are sincerely held.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Pitching today, honestly, feels more like going into a bank and asking for a loan, which is sad.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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The animation is stellar, and honestly never really feels like a video game (complimentary).—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Parents should discuss digital safety openly.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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That tension brings the conversation back to Mamdani, whose campaign, Piker argues, has tested those boundaries more openly than most.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The two sides, now locked into competitive postures, might also simply grow exasperated with each another and announce new trade restrictions out of the blue.—
Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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When you’re done, simply pop open the large dustbin and empty debris directly into the trash—no tugging out tangled hair or gunk required.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Soon there’s a birthday party, Valentine’s Day, a brit bat (aka a baby-naming ceremony), Purim (a celebration of Jewish deliverance casually referred to as Jewish Halloween), and a game night at a beer garden.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Oct. 2025
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Dacus appeared visibly confused by Monáe casually dropping some time-traveling lore.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Naively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naively. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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