artless

Examples

• All

• "Happy is England, sweet her artless daughters; Enough her simple loveliness for me."

  The History Boys (2006)

• Exploring the island, they found Tahitian girls, artless and unashamed, splashing in the streams.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Writing in a clear and dramatic style, his essays seem artless.

  Academic text (1998)

• I probably looked as wide-eyed, fresh and artless as any other student.

  An Education (2009)

• There's something very open and artless in his manner.

  Pride and Prejudice (2003)

• For once, I barely noticed the artless grey metal in the hallways, the harried custodians too busy to talk.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The verse form should never call attention to itself but instead should seem artless, spontaneous, effortless, unforced, graceful, and at ease.

  Academic text (2017)

• Standing there in the open, she smiled, flouting secrecy, adopting an artless, genial watchfulness as an antidote to caution.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Her artless comments reflected her genuine feelings about the situation.

• He spoke in an artless manner, completely devoid of pretense or affectation.

Synonyms

U

unpretentious

vsartless

9 5.1

Simple and honest in style and not trying to impress people

emphasizes inner sincerity and absence of deception rather than outward modesty

I

ingenuous

vsartless

3 7.9

Open and honest, without hiding what they feel or want

expresses plain sincerity without implying naivety or childishness

U

unaffected

vsartless

2 4.8

Natural and sincere, without pretending

is more about simple honesty and lack of craft or guile

U

unostentatious

vsartless

1 7.8

Simple and modest in style and not trying to attract attention

highlights true plainness and lack of deception rather than mere restraint

U

unshowy

vsartless

4.5

Looks modest and simple and does not attract attention

focuses on genuine natural behaviour rather than merely low visibility

U

unfancy

vsartless

3.4

Plain and simple, not expensive or decorated

concerns inner sincerity and naturalness rather than mere absence of luxury

Antonyms

A

artificial

267 3.6

Made by people rather than by nature, often as a copy of something natural

A

artful

20 6.9

Clever in a sly or secret way to hide what you really mean

I

insincere

19 4.2

Not showing real feelings or meaning what you say

How Natural

artless

3 6.0

ingenuous

3 7.9

naive

312 4.1

innocent

134 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology