Artless
- Artless
- Artless Art"less, a.
1. Wanting art, knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful.
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Artless of stars and of the moving sand. --Dryden.
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2. Contrived without skill or art; inartistic. [R.]
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Artless and massy pillars. --T. Warton.
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3. Free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; characterized
by simplicity and sincerity; sincere; guileless;
ingenuous; honest; as, an artless mind; an artless tale.
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They were plain, artless men, without the least
appearance of enthusiasm or credulity about them.
--Porteus.
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O, how unlike the complex works of man,
Heaven's easy, artless, unencumbered plan! --Cowper.
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Syn: Simple; unaffected; sincere; undesigning; guileless;
unsophisticated; open; frank; candid.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
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artless — index honest, inadept, inexperienced, ingenuous, natural, simple, straightforward, unaffected (sincere) … Law dictionary
artless — (adj.) 1580s, unskillful, from ART (Cf. art) (n.) + LESS (Cf. less). Later also uncultured (1590s); then unartificial, natural (1670s) and guileless, ingenuous (1714). Related: Artlessly; artlessness … Etymology dictionary
artless — *natural, simple, ingenuous, naive, unsophisticated, unaffected Analogous words: *spontaneous, impulsive: candid, open, plain, *frank: *straightforward, aboveboard, forthright Antonyms: artful: affected Contrasted words: * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
artless — [adj] simple direct, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, open, plain, pure, sincere, straight, straightforward, talking turkey*, true, unadorned, unaffected, uncontrived, unpretentious, unsophisticated, up front*;… … New thesaurus
artless — ► ADJECTIVE 1) without guile or pretension. 2) clumsy. DERIVATIVES artlessly adverb … English terms dictionary
artless — [ärt′lis] adj. 1. lacking skill or art 2. uncultured; ignorant 3. not artistic; clumsy; crude 4. without artificiality; simple; natural 5. without guile or deceit; ingenuous; innocent SYN. NAIVE artlessly adv. artlessness … English World dictionary
artless — adjective Date: 1589 1. lacking art, knowledge, or skill ; uncultured < an artless brute > 2. a. made without skill ; crude < an artless attempt to win votes > b … New Collegiate Dictionary
artless — artlessly, adv. artlessness, n. /ahrt lis/, adj. 1. free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous: an artless child. 2. not artificial; natural; simple; uncontrived: artless beauty; artless charm. 3. lacking art, knowledge, or skill. 4.… … Universalium
artless — [[t]ɑ͟ː(r)tləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is artless is simple and honest, and does not think of deceiving other people. She was curiously artless. ...Hemingway s artless air and charming smile. Syn: genuine … English dictionary
artless — art|less [ˈa:tləs US ˈa:rt ] adj 1.) literary natural, honest, and sincere ▪ artless sincerity 2.) formal made or done without any skill ▪ an artless copy of European art >artlessly adj >artlessness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
