innocently
28
2.6
- adverb
- /ˈɪnəsəntli/
:
inocentemente
- The footage begins innocently enough.
- innocently asked
- began innocently
- innocently enough
Yes, it's it's very, they innocently lost a lot.
- Yes, it's it's very, they innocently lost a lot.
- And here I am on Joe Rogan shooting my big mouth off, you know, innocently blabbing away.
- It begins with Maria asking Robert innocently what has now, because in fact she doesn't know whether the leg is really broken.
- And again, I felt like it was something that was OK for me to do because well, I'll tell you I did it innocently.
- I was just innocently, purely in a devotional state, trying to open up to something that was calling me very deeply.
- Can't let he take Brian out for a beer and do as innocently as Chintzio just did.
- You went upstairs, you went upstairs blowing all day innocently again.
Examples
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One day, the new couple came to visit her at home, holding hands innocently at the front door.
Fiction book (1993) -
Her voice changed, no longer innocently girl-like but more the throaty chanteuse, husky and full of vibrato.
Fiction book (1991) -
I was just innocently playing video games with the boy when...
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We met a woman on the train and innocently fell into conversation with her.
Fiction book (1990) -
My question is, is it possible for someone in a socialist society to innocently have a swimming pool?
Academic text (1991) -
And then, just like that, Lola turned to me and said innocently, "Listen, we could do better than that."
Fiction book (1993) -
"It's only a kettle," he said innocently, and I said, "The last time it was only a microwave."
Fiction book (1994) -
As she had done then, Marianna innocently reaches out for her father's comfort and protection.
Academic text (1995) -
The first showed Shearer smiling innocently and gazing forward with a light sparkling in her eyes.
Academic text (2017) -
The children played innocently in the park, unaware of the dangers nearby.
Synonyms
29
6.0
In a way you do not know you are doing
13
4.4
In a way that shows little experience and too much trust
8
2.3
In a way that does not hurt people or things
1
5.5
In a harmless way that does not upset or hurt people
1
5.9
Without thinking anything is wrong
1
5.4
In a way that does not show feeling bad about what you did
1
5.8
In a way that shows no fault or blame
1
7.4
In a way that shows someone is honest and does not try to trick people
1
7.7
In an open and honest way that shows no hidden plan
Without blame or guilt when someone acts
Antonyms
How Innocent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Innocently comes from the Latin parts in- meaning 'not' and nocere meaning 'to harm', so it originally meant 'not harming'. That's why to do something innocently is to act without guilt or bad intent, often simply or naively.