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Variant of naive

naive Definition

na·ive or naïve na·ïve′ (nä ēv′)

adjective

  1. unaffectedly, or sometimes foolishly, simple; childlike; artless
  2. not suspicious; credulous

Etymology: Fr, fem. of naïf < L nativus, natural, native

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naively

modif.

childishly, ingenuously, stupidly; see foolishly, openly 1.

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