naïvely
Like a child trusts
In a manner showing inexperience, innocence, or a lack of worldly wisdom.
Someone who acts naïvely trusts too readily or fails to anticipate complications: She naïvely assumed everyone shared her good intentions.
The word often implies the person should have known better.
Also spelled naively.
With excessive trustfulness
- trustinglyWith naive belief
- unsuspectinglyWithout anticipating trouble
- gulliblyWith foolish trust
- unwarilyWithout due caution
uncritically · unquestioningly · innocently · foolishly · overtrusting · misleadingly · impressionably · ingenuously
Without intent to harm
- purelyEntirely, without admixture
- wholesomelyIn beneficial manner
- angelicallyIn saintly manner
- sincerelyWith genuine feeling
earnestly · genuinely · honestly · trustfully · unguardedly · blamelessly · wide-eyed · uncorrupted
In plant-colored manner
- amateurishlyIn unskilled manner
- unseasonedLacking flavor or experience
- unpracticedWithout training or skill
- rawlyWithout polish or processing
clueless · unschooled · uninformed · ignorantly · unworldly · freshly · untrained · inexpertly
In plain terms
- plainlyIn obvious fashion
- artlesslyWithout cunning or pretense
- unaffectedlyIn genuine, unpretentious manner
- naturallywithout artificial help
straightforwardly · openly · directly · unpretentiously · transparently · candidly · frankly · guileless
With positive expectations
- idealisticallyWith naive hopefulness
- hopefullyWith optimistic expectation
- unrealisticallyIn an improbable manner
- romanticallyIn amorous fashion
quixotically · dreamily · utopian · starry-eyed · rose-colored · wishfully · fancifully · impractically
credulously
With excessive trustfulness
- trustinglyWith naive belief
- unsuspectinglyWithout anticipating trouble
- gulliblyWith foolish trust
unwarily · uncritically · unquestioningly · innocently · foolishly · overtrusting · misleadingly · impressionably · ingenuously · confiding
innocently
Without intent to harm
- purelyEntirely, without admixture
- wholesomelyIn beneficial manner
- angelicallyIn saintly manner
sincerely · earnestly · genuinely · honestly · trustfully · unguardedly · blamelessly · wide-eyed · uncorrupted · untainted
greenly
In plant-colored manner
- amateurishlyIn unskilled manner
- unseasonedLacking flavor or experience
- unpracticedWithout training or skill
rawly · clueless · unschooled · uninformed · ignorantly · unworldly · freshly · untrained · inexpertly · unsophisticated
simply
In plain terms
- plainlyIn obvious fashion
- artlesslyWithout cunning or pretense
- unaffectedlyIn genuine, unpretentious manner
naturally · straightforwardly · openly · directly · unpretentiously · transparently · candidly · frankly · guileless · childlike
optimistically
With positive expectations
- idealisticallyWith naive hopefulness
- hopefullyWith optimistic expectation
- unrealisticallyIn an improbable manner
romantically · quixotically · dreamily · utopian · starry-eyed · rose-colored · wishfully · fancifully · impractically
naïvelycynically
With distrust of sincerity
skeptically · shrewdly · knowingly · suspiciously · distrustfully
naïvelyperceptively
With keen awareness
astutely · insightfully · discerningly · subtly · sophisticatedly
naïvelycalculatingly
With deliberate scheming intent
cunningly · craftily · slyly · artfully · manipulatively
naïve, naive, naively, naïveté, naivete, naïvety, naivety, nativity, native