| Somewhat ingenuous and too trusting, nevertheless he made a lasting contribution to the land he came to love. |
| At the risk of being thought even more ingenuous or, indeed, of exposing myself to ridicule, let me present another idea. |
| This ingenuous charm contrasts with Mason's greater worldliness, greater opacity. |
| She plays her absurd role with more conviction than seems possible, not to mention a charmingly ingenuous sexiness. |
| There were voices, too, the ingenuous bawlings of that bosun, offensively active. |
| Sometimes the reviewer knows nothing of the author or the reputation in which a book comes wrapped, the result being a rare, ingenuous honesty. |
