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naively

/nɑˈivɫi/ adv C1 ✓

In a naive manner.

Word Origin Naively comes from 'naive', which traces back to Latin 'nasci' meaning 'to be born'. The idea is that a naive person is like a newborn — innocent, natural, unspoiled. The -ly turns it into an adverb. The same root gives us innate (inborn), nativity (birth), and even cognate (born together, related). So naively means acting with the fresh, unworldly perspective of someone just born.

adv In a naive manner. C1 ✓

She naively believed everything the stranger told her.

(副词) 天真地；幼稚地

她天真地相信了那个陌生人告诉她的一切。

(adverbio) ingenuamente; cándidamente; con ingenuidad; inocentemente; con candidez [De manera ingenua o cándida.]

Ella creyó ingenuamente todo lo que el desconocido le dijo.

(adverbe) naïvement; ingénument [De manière naïve, ingénue, avec une confiance candide.]

Elle a cru naïvement tout ce que l'inconnu lui a raconté.

(Adverb) naiv; arglos; unbedarft; blauäugig [auf eine naive, unerfahrene oder leichtgläubige Weise; ohne kritische Distanz.]

Sie glaubte **naively** alles, was der Fremde ihr erzählte.

(副詞) 素朴に、純真に、うぶに。

彼女は見知らぬ人の言うことをうかつにもすべて信じてしまった。

(advérbio) ingenuamente; de modo ingênuo; com ingenuidade; inocentemente [De maneira ingênua.]

Ela ingenuamente acreditou em tudo o que o estranho lhe contou.

Synonyms: innocently ingenuously unsophisticatedly gullibly credulously simply artlessly trustingly Antonyms: cynically skeptically wisely knowingly
Word parts: naive + ly

Common collocations

be verb have verb to prep of prep assume verb expect verb perhaps adv rather adv might verb think verb would verb in prep

Related words

naivety natural nativity

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