Synonyms for naively
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Princeton's WordNet

1. naivelyadverb

   in a naive manner

   "he believed, naively, that she would leave him her money"

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1. Robert Orr:

   No country naively made an agreement with the United States on the basis of one or two of its policies.

2. New Zealand:

   For so long Ive watched world events from afar and naively thought we were somehow different in our little corner of the world, somehow safe, today is a terrible day. Disgusted and saddened doesnt begin to describe it.

3. Bernie Sanders:

   What he said in so many words was, 'Thank you so much for electing me to be president, but I will take it from here. I will go forward and I will negotiate with (House Speaker John) Boehner and (Senate Majority Leader) Mitch McConnell and the Republicans,' he did this because he is a decent guy and he thought naively that Republicans really wanted to work or negotiate compromises. Truth is, they never, ever did.

4. John Holden:

   Many states naively or some other way went about legalizing sports betting without adequately estimating the costs on problem gambling resources, there is more that state lawmakers can do within the confines of commercial speech restrictions.

5. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld:

   With respect to Russia, it is naively echoing Putin’s own invented GDP forecasts, in effect, canonizing and legitimating these economic myths with no verification.