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NAIVELY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does naively mean?
• NAIVELY (adverb)
The adverb NAIVELY has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: NAIVELY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a naive manner
Context example:
he believed, naively, that she would leave him her money
Pertainym:
naive (marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience)
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