naively

Examples

• All

• So I thought naively while I was doing my fashion degree that all brands would change their practices because that's the only right thing to do, right?

• And I have to say, I was naively optimistic about what the Internet would do to human conversation.

• I naively said, "Do you think we could watch them?"

  Best of Enemies (2015)

• What I had naively accepted as facts.

  I Will Follow You Into the Dark (2012)

• So naively, he thinks his father is the strongest man in the world.

  Lex Fridman

• The first time I stayed in a Cuban home, I naively asked where the toilet paper was.

  Academic text (1998)

• Perhaps naively, I didn't ask for specifics.

  The Duel (2016)

• Like many young attorneys, I had walked in the door a bright-eyed, naively optimistic law school graduate.

  Fiction book (2001)

• For her, the Lakota customs were those of a defeated people, and she naively endeavored to identify with the victors.

  Academic text (1998)

• Bisexual organizers in the 1970s naively and erroneously assumed that lesbian and gay communities would accept them.

  Academic text (2005)

Synonyms

F

foolishly

vsnaively

28 2.8

In a way that shows poor judgment

means lack of experience and innocence more than mere bad choices

I

innocently

vsnaively

28 2.6

In a way that shows no guilt or knowledge of something wrong

is similar but highlights lack of experience and judgment instead of blame

U

unwisely

vsnaively

5 4.1

In a way that shows poor judgment

stresses innocent unsophistication rather than deliberate poor decision making

I

ignorantly

vsnaively

4 5.1

In a way that shows you do not know or understand something

is about lack of experience or judgment rather than merely missing facts

C

childishly

vsnaively

3 3.9

Act in a silly, immature way like a young person

is like childishness but stresses inexperience rather than youthfulness

U

unthinkingly

vsnaively

3 5.8

In a way that shows no careful attention

is about innocent lack of wisdom rather than just thoughtlessness

U

unsuspectingly

vsnaively

1 5.9

Without thinking anything is wrong

is broader, meaning simple innocence and lack of worldly judgment

I

immaturely

vsnaively

1 4.0

In a childish way that shows poor control of feelings, actions, or thinking

focuses more on simple innocence and lack of life experience

V

verdantly

vsnaively

9.1

In a way that shows little experience

is similar but focuses more on innocent lack of judgment

Antonyms

J

judiciously

7 6.5

In a careful, thoughtful way that makes good choices

How Naive

gullibly

6.5

naively

13 4.4

trustingly

1 2.8

innocently

28 2.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology