Adjective: ingenuous in'jen-yoo-us
- Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious
"an ingenuous admission of responsibility";
- artless
- Lacking in sophistication or worldliness
"his ingenuous explanation that he would not have burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it";
- innocent
See also: candid, heart-to-heart, naif, naïf, naive, naïve, open, sincere, undistorted, wet behind the ears