credulously

/ˈkɹɛdʒəɫəsli/ adv

In a credulous manner; believably.

Word Origin Credulously comes from Latin credere 'to believe', with the suffix -ulous meaning 'full of'. So credulous is 'full of belief' — ready to believe anything. The same root gives us credible, incredible, credit, and creed. The PIE root *ḱred-dhe- literally meant 'to place one's heart' — a beautiful image of trust.

adv In a credulous manner; believably.

She credulously accepted the stranger's unlikely story.

(副词) 轻信地;易受骗地

她轻信地接受了那个陌生人不太可能的故事。

(adverbio) crédulamente; con credulidad; ingenuamente; con ingenuidad [De manera crédula; con credulidad.]

Ella aceptó crédulamente la improbable historia del desconocido.

(adverbe) avec crédulité; naïvement; benoîtement [Avec crédulité, c'est-à-dire en acceptant trop facilement ce qui est dit ou présenté sans exercer de sens critique.]

Elle a accepté **credulously** l'histoire invraisemblable de cet inconnu.

(Adverb) leichtgläubig; gutgläubig [**credulously** – in leichtgläubiger, vertrauensseliger Weise; ohne kritische Prüfung oder Zweifel.]

Sie glaubte dem Fremden **credulously** seine unwahrscheinliche Geschichte.

(副詞) 容易に信じて、疑いもせずにだまされやすいさまで。物事を鵜呑みにする様子。

彼女は見知らぬ人のあり得ない話を疑いもせずにそのまま受け入れてしまった。

(advérbio) credulamente; ingenuamente; com credulidade; com ingenuidade [De maneira crédula; de forma crível.]

Ela aceitou crédulamente a história improvável do estranho.

Word parts: cred + ulous + ly

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