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innocent

adjective (NO EXPERIENCE)
 
 
/ˈɪn.ə.sənt/

Definition

B2 having no knowledge of the unpleasant and evil things in life: She has such an innocent face that I find it hard to believe anything bad of her. innocently
 
 
/-li/ adverb
B2 "Have I done something wrong?", she asked innocently (= seeming not to have done anything wrong). He said he had obtained the television innocently, not knowing it had been stolen.Innocent
(Definition of innocent adjective (NO EXPERIENCE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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