What does artless mean?

Definitions for artless
ˈɑrt lɪsart·less

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ingenuous, artlessadjective

    characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious

    "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"

  2. artlessadjective

    simple and natural; without cunning or deceit

    "an artless manner"; "artless elegance"

  3. artlessadjective

    showing lack of art

    "an artless translation"

  4. artless, uncultivated, unculturedadjective

    (of persons) lacking art or knowledge

Wiktionary

  1. artlessadjective

    Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit.

    This pendant has artless charm.

  2. artlessadjective

    Free of artificiality; natural.

    This pendant has artless charm.

  3. artlessadjective

    Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant.

  4. artlessadjective

    Poorly made or done; crude.

  5. Etymology: with "art" usually in the sense of trickery.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Artlessadjective

    Etymology: from art and less.

    The high-shoo’d plowman, should he quit the land,
    Artless of stars, and of the moving sand. John Dryden, Pers.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Artlessadjective

    wanting art, knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful

  2. Artlessadjective

    contrived without skill or art; inartistic

  3. Artlessadjective

    free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; characterized by simplicity and sincerity; sincere; guileless; ingenuous; honest; as, an artless mind; an artless tale

Anagrams for artless »

  1. lasters

  2. ratless

  3. salters

  4. slaters

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of artless in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of artless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of artless in a Sentence

  1. William Shakespeare:

    So full of artless jealousy is guilt, It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.

  2. Letitia Elizabeth Landon:

    The free pen, prone to pour out the suggestions of artless affection, vivid imagination, or domestic anecdote, is as much woman's especial instrument as the needle.

  3. William Shakespeare, "Hamlet", Act 4 scene 5:

    So full of artless jealousy is guilt,It spills itself in fearing to be spilt.

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