Word Meanings - ARTLESSLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile; unaffectedly. Pope.

Related words: (words related to ARTLESSLY)

• SKILLFUL
  1. Discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning. "Of skillful judgment." Chaucer. 2. Possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic; -- often followed by at, in, or of; as,
• SKILLED
  Having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful; -- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry.
• SKILLIGALEE
  A kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in England; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the English navy or army.
• WITHOUT-DOOR
  Outdoor; exterior. "Her without-door form." Shak.
• WITHOUTFORTH
  Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. Chaucer.
• MANNERIST
  One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.
• GUILEFUL
  Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty. -- Guile"ful*ly, adv. -- Guile"ful*ness, n.
• MANNERISM
  Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural
• ARTLESSNESS
  The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile; simplicity; sincerity.
• GUILELESS
  Free from guile; artless. -- Guile"less*ly, adv. Guile"less*ness, n.
• ARTLESSLY
  In an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile; unaffectedly. Pope.
• WITHOUTEN
  Without. Chaucer.
• GUILE
  Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery. Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. John i. 47. To wage by force or guile eternal war. Milton.
• MANNERLINESS
  The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance. Sir M. Hale.
• WITHOUT
  1. On or art the outside; not on the inside; not within; outwardly; externally. Without were fightings, within were fears. 2 Cor. vii. 5. 2. Outside of the house; out of doors. The people came unto the house without. Chaucer.
• SKILLET
  A small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a handle, used for culinary purpose, as for stewing meat. (more info) ecuelle, fr. L. scutella, dim. of scutra, scuta, a dish. Cf. Scuttle
• MANNERED
  1. Having a certain way, esp a. polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self. Give her princely training, that she may be Mannered as she is born. Shak. 2. Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity. His style
• MANNER
  manual, skillful, handy, fr. LL. manarius, for L. manuarius 1. Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion. The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner
• SKILL
  1. To be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance. I can not skill of these thy ways. Herbert. 2. To make a difference; to signify; to matter; -- used impersonally. Spenser. What skills it, if a bag of stones or gold About
• UNMANNERLY
  Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv.
• UNBEGUILE
  To set free from the influence of guile; to undeceive. "Then unbeguile thyself." Donne.
• UNSKILLFUL
  1. Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician. 2. Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant. Though it make the unskillful laugh, can not but make the judicious grieve. Shak. --
• WARTLESS
  Having no wart.
• HEARTLESS
  1. Without a heart. You have left me heartess; mine is in your bosom. J. Webster. 2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despodent. Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground. Dryden. Heartless and melancholy. W. Irwing. 3. Destitute of
• CHARTLESS
  1. Without a chart; having no guide. 2. Not mapped; uncharted; vague. Barlow.
• OVERMANNER
  In an excessive manner; excessively. Wiclif.
• ILL-MANNERED
  Impolite; rude.