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ingenious (in JEEN yuhs) (adjective)
Descriptive of an aptitude for invention and resourcefulness; being clever, tricky, or shrewd: Cleo was ingenious in her ability to modify recipes.
ingenuous (in JEN yoo uhs) (adjective)
Characterized by a childlike candor, without subtlety; open, frank, innocent: Maude brought an ingenuous perspective to the problem at hand.
Although the scientist who was presented in social situations as being ingenuous, he was in fact ingenious in his research.
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ingenuous (adjective), more ingenuous, most ingenuous
1. A reference to someone who is naive and trusting: Mrs. Thompson likes being a kindergarten teacher because she loves working with ingenuous kids who are trusting and open.
2. Relating to a person demonstrating childlike simplicity when doing or saying something: When playing with little Susi, Grandmother Sarah sat on the rug, played with the blocks, and talked in an ingenuous, open, and trusting manner with her grandchild.
3. Descriptive of an individual being straightforward, honest, candid, and frank: When talking with her teenage daughter, Linda spoke in an ingenuous, sincere, and genuine way making sure she was understood and to show her love.
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2. Relating to a person demonstrating childlike simplicity when doing or saying something: When playing with little Susi, Grandmother Sarah sat on the rug, played with the blocks, and talked in an ingenuous, open, and trusting manner with her grandchild.
3. Descriptive of an individual being straightforward, honest, candid, and frank: When talking with her teenage daughter, Linda spoke in an ingenuous, sincere, and genuine way making sure she was understood and to show her love.
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“ingenuous”
ingenuous (in JEN yoo uhs) (adjective), more ingenuous, most ingenuous
1. Relating to showing innocence and a lack of worldly experience, cunning, guile.
2. Pertaining to being openly straightforward or frank; candid.
2. Pertaining to being openly straightforward or frank; candid.
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