artless beauty

artless beauty
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  • 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 — /ˈatləs / (say ahtluhs) adjective 1. free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous: an artless mind. 2. natural; simple: artless beauty. 3. lacking art, knowledge, or skill. –artlessly, adverb –artlessness, noun …  

  • artless — art•less [[t]ˈɑrt lɪs[/t]] adj. 1) free from deceit, cunning, or craftiness; ingenuous 2) not artificial; natural; simple: artless beauty[/ex] 3) lacking art, knowledge, or skill 4) poorly made; clumsy • Etymology: 1580–90 art′less•ly, adv.… …   From formal English to slang

  • naive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ingenuous, unsophisticated, unworldly, artless. See simpleness, credulity. Ant., knowing, sophisticated. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ingenuous, artless, unsophisticated, unaffected, innocent, simple …   English dictionary for students

  • art´less|ness — art|less «AHRT lihs», adjective. 1. a) without any trickery, guile, or deceit: »He sets about promoting his plans with an artless good faith which confounds his cynical court (Saturday Review). b) made or done without knowledge of social customs; …   Useful english dictionary

  • art´less|ly — art|less «AHRT lihs», adjective. 1. a) without any trickery, guile, or deceit: »He sets about promoting his plans with an artless good faith which confounds his cynical court (Saturday Review). b) made or done without knowledge of social customs; …   Useful english dictionary

  • art|less — «AHRT lihs», adjective. 1. a) without any trickery, guile, or deceit: »He sets about promoting his plans with an artless good faith which confounds his cynical court (Saturday Review). b) made or done without knowledge of social customs; simple:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • naive — or naïve [nä ēv′] adj. [Fr, fem. of naïf < L nativus, natural, NATIVE] 1. unaffectedly, or sometimes foolishly, simple; childlike; artless 2. not suspicious; credulous naively adv. naïvely SYN. NAIVE implies a genuine, innocent simplicity or… …   English World dictionary

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  • South Asian arts — Literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Myths of the popular gods, Vishnu and Shiva, in the Puranas (ancient tales) and the Mahabharata and Ramayana epics, supply material for representational and… …   Universalium

  • Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …   Universalium

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