artlessness

Roget-categorie 703

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.3. Voluntary action
›› 5.3.2. Complex voluntary action

#703. Artlessness

zelfstandig naamwoord

artlessness etc. adj. — nature, simplicity — innocence etc. 946 — bonhomie, naivete, abandon, candor, sincerity — singleness of purpose, singleness of heart — honesty etc. 939 — plain speaking — epanchement [Fr.].
rough diamond, matter of fact man — le palais de verite [Fr.] — enfant terrible [Fr.].

werkwoord

be artless etc. adj. — look one in the face — wear one's heart upon his sleeves for daws to peck wear one's heart upon his sleeves for daws to peck at^† — think aloud — speak out, speak one's mind — be free with one, call a spade a spade.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

artless, natural, pure, native, confiding, simple, lain, inartificial^†, untutored, unsophisticated, ingenu^†, unaffected, naive — sincere, frank — open, open as day — candid, ingenuous, guileless — unsuspicious, honest etc. 939 — innocent etc. 946 — Arcadian^† — undesigning, straightforward, unreserved, aboveboard — simple-minded, single-minded — frank-hearted, open-hearted, single-hearted, simple-hearted.
free-spoken, plain-spoken, outspoken — blunt, downright, direct, matter of fact, unpoetical^† — unflattering.

bijwoord

in plain words, in plain English — without mincing the matter — not to mince the matter etc. (affirmation) 535.

uitdrukking

Davus sum non Oedipus [Lat.] [Terence]; liberavi animam meam [Lat.] — as frank as rain on cherry blossoms" [E.B. Browning].

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