artless
artless is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Contrived without skill or art; inartistic. [R.] Artless and massy pillars. T. Warton.
- 2.Free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; characterized by simplicity and sincerity; sincere; guileless; ingenuous; honest; as, an artless mind; an artless tale. They were plain, artless men, without the least appearance of enthusiasm or credulity about them. Porteus. O, how unlike the complex works of man, Heaven's easy, artless, unencumbered plan! Cowper.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- above
- acquit
- against
- babe
- blameless
- bloodless
- clean
- clear
- conscience
- culpa
- curia
- dove
- exculpate
- faultless
- guiltless
- guilty
- harmless
- immaculate
- impeccability
- incorruption
- inculpable
- inerrable
- innocence
- innocent
- innocently
- innocuous
- innoxious
- inoffensive
- irreprehensible
- irreproachable
- irreprovable
- lamb
- more
- nil
- not
- pure
- rectus
- safe
- salvable
- sinless
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is artless.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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