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in·gen·u·ous (ĭn-jĕn'yū-əs)
adj.
  1. Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; artless.
  2. Openly straightforward or frank; candid. See synonyms at naive.
  3. Obsolete. Ingenious.

[Latin ingenuus, honest, freeborn.]

ingenuously in·gen'u·ous·ly adv.
ingenuousness in·gen'u·ous·ness n.

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