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Webster 1913 Edition
Artless
Art′less
,Adj.
1.
Wanting art, knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful.
Artless
of stars and of the moving sand. Dryden.
2.
Contrived without skill or art; inartistic.
[R.]
Artless
and massy pillars. T. Warton.
3.
Free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; characterized by simplicity and sincerity; sincere; guileless; ingenuous; honest;
as, an
artless
mind; an artless
tale.They were plain,
artless
men, without the least appearance of enthusiasm or credulity about them. Porteus.
O, how unlike the complex works of man,
Heaven’s easy,
Heaven’s easy,
artless
, unencumbered plan! Cowper.
Syn. – Simple; unaffected; sincere; undesigning; guileless; unsophisticated; open; frank; candid.
Webster 1828 Edition
Artless
'ARTLESS
,Adj.
1.
Unskillful; wanting art, knowledge or skill.2.
Free from guile, art, craft or stratagem; simple; sincere; unaffected; undesigning; as an artless mind.3.
Contrived without skill or art; as an artless tale.Definition 2024
artless
artless
English
Adjective
artless (comparative more artless, superlative most artless)
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Part 5
- And why should I here suppress the delight I received from this amiable creature, in remarking each artless look, each motion of pure undissembled nature, betrayed by his wanton eyes
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, Part 5
- Free of artificiality; natural.
- This pendant has artless charm.
- Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant.
- Poorly made or done; crude.
Synonyms
- (Having no guile) See also Wikisaurus:naive
Antonyms
- (Having no guile) See also Wikisaurus:naive
Translations
lacking art or skill
poorly made, crude