ingenuously

/ˌɪnˈdʒɛnjuəsli/ adv

In an ingenuous manner; frankly, straightforwardly.

Word Origin From Latin gignere 'to beget, give birth'. Ingenuous originally meant 'native, inborn' — someone of free birth, hence noble and candid. So ingenuously means in a candid, innocent way. The same root gives us genetics (study of birth/genes), genocide (killing of a kind), and eugenics (good birth). The in- here is not negative but 'in, within', so it's about innate quality.

adv In an ingenuous manner; frankly, straightforwardly.

She answered the difficult question ingenuously, without any attempt to deceive.

(副词) 坦率地;直率地;坦诚地

她坦率地回答了这个难题,没有任何欺骗的企图。

(adverbio) De manera ingenua; francamente, con franqueza.

Ella respondió la pregunta difícil con ingenuidad, sin ningún intento de engañar.

(adverbe) franchement; sincèrement; sans détour; candidement; ouvertement [Avec ingénuité; avec franchise et candeur, sans détour ni artifice.]

Elle a répondu **ingenuously** à la question difficile, sans aucune tentative de tromperie.

(Adverb) arglos; offenherzig; unverstellt [Auf eine offene, ehrliche und ungekünstelte Weise; ohne Hintergedanken.]

Sie beantwortete die schwierige Frage **ingenuously**, ohne zu versuchen, jemanden zu täuschen.

(副詞) 純真に、率直に、飾りけなく。

彼女は難しい質問に対し、偽りなく率直に答えた。

(advérbio) ingenuamente; francamente; sem rodeios; candidamente; abertamente [De maneira ingênua; francamente, sem rodeios.]

Ela respondeu à pergunta difícil com ingenuidade, sem nenhuma tentativa de enganar.

Word parts: in + genu + ous + ly

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