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naivete
1. "In my opinion that naivete is due to where I was raised and not my age and maturity
2. He imagined his future self sighing at his present self when remembering the naivete of this young(ish) captain, just as he had done over the foolish arrogance of Zolla the officer cadet
3. The NKVD sergeant, if that were truly his rank, was not particularly adept at concealing what he was doing, and Colling played his part by trying to give the impression that he himself was possessed of the hopeless naivete of socialist idealism
4. A certain naivete in the king's reply twitched the stranger's lips
5. But underneath this veneer of naivete coursed a stream of insight and perception that was incomprehensible to Jo Kirby‘s mendacious son
6. FRIDAY: You possess a starry-eyed idealism, freshness, and naivete
7. That was not sound judgment, it was naivete
8. “I don't know;” the laughter spewed across her, as if surprised by the naivete of the question
9. “Child nudity is not obscene; that some find it so is the eroticism of finding obscenity in innocence, naivete, or vulnerability, rather it be a seven year old boy, a tweenish anime, or a stuffed chihuahua
10. He was proud, too, of the popularity and success of the book, and beyond measure delightful is the naivete with which he shows his pride in a dozen passages in the Second Part
11. This naivete of expectation drove me to fury, but I restrained myself
12. Even while he was speaking an idea dawned upon him, and he said with unconscious simplicity, in a different voice, and with the naivete of a child, "that's quite true, upon my honour
13. But all he said was so prettily sedate, and the naivete of his youthful egotism was so obvious, that he disarmed his hearers
14. glanced sadly at one another with a sigh at his naivete
15. Had Helene herself shown the least sign of hesitation, shame, or secrecy, her cause would certainly have been lost; but not only did she show no signs of secrecy or shame, on the contrary, with good-natured naivete she told her intimate friends (and these were all Petersburg) that both the prince and the magnate had proposed to her and that she loved both and was afraid of grieving either
16. But the latter’s good-natured naivete was so boundless that sometimes even he involuntarily yielded to Nicholas’ good humor
17. The only pretty feature in her face was her eyes, which were indeed wonderful, being large and black, and instinct with such an extremely pleasing expression of mingled gravity and naivete that she was bound to attract attention
18. In the very expression of his face this naivete was unmistakably evident, this disbelief in the insincerity of others, and unsuspecting disregard of irony or humour in their words