artlessly

/ˈɑɹtləsli/ adv

In an artless manner.

Word Origin Artless combines Latin ars 'skill' with Old English -leas 'without' — so literally 'without skill', but it came to mean 'natural, without artifice'. The suffix -less is from Old English leas 'devoid of', also seen in careless, endless, fearless. So artlessly means in a way that lacks cunning or pretense, not necessarily lack of art.

adv In an artless manner.

The child spoke artlessly about her dreams, unaware of how poetic her words sounded.

(副词) 天真地;自然地;纯真地

这个孩子天真无邪地谈论她的梦想,没有意识到自己的话语多么富有诗意。

(adverbio) con naturalidad; sin artificio; ingenuamente; cándidamente; con sencillez [De manera natural, sin artificio.]

La niña habló con sencillez sobre sus sueños, sin darse cuenta de lo poéticas que sonaban sus palabras.

(adverbe) naïvement; ingénument; sans artifice; candement; naturellement [Avec candeur et naturel, sans artifice ni affectation.]

L'enfant parlait de ses rêves **artlessly**, sans réaliser la poésie de ses paroles.

(Adverb) unbefangen; natürlich; unverstellt [Auf eine natürliche, ungekünstelte oder naive Weise; ohne Absicht, Eindruck zu schinden oder zu täuschen.]

Das Kind sprach **artlessly** über ihre Träume, ohne zu ahnen, wie poetisch ihre Worte klangen.

(副詞) 飾り気なく、素朴に、不器用に。

その子は自分の夢について飾り気なく話し、自分の言葉がどれほど詩的に響いているかには気づいていなかった。

(advérbio) ingenuamente; naturalmente; sem afetação; singelamente [De modo natural e ingênuo; sem afetação.]

A criança falou com simplicidade sobre seus sonhos, sem perceber como suas palavras pareciam poéticas.

Word parts: art + less + ly

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