Na

Examples

• Na?vely or disdainfully? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Don't be so na飗e. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The remark was too _na?ve_ to rouse anger; I merely said: Very good. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Their faces show a considerable share of frankness combined with amusing na?veté. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• But she had other moods besides the arch and na?ve. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The inventor na?vely states that it has round chambers for round balls, designed for Christians, and square chambers, with square balls, for the Turks. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• He thought God could na be harder than men; mappen not so hard; mappen as tender as a mother; mappen tenderer. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• This is what one may call the na?veté of the intellect. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I would na ha' troubled yo', but that I were bid to come, by one as seemed to think yo'd getten some soft place in yo'r heart. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• It were th' fact that I were na wanted theer, no more nor ony other place, as I minded. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• He had na spunk enough. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• What kind of na?veté was it that led this educator into asking such a question? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• It is no dis vay in Paris I say; but, _n'importe:_ it is mean of de na-ti-on to make pay for everyting von can see, but never mind; an I do pay. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Why he'd a clemmed to death, if th' Union had na helped him in his pinch. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I should like to get speech o' them, when they're a bit inclined to sit still after dinner, and could na run for the life on 'em. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.

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