naively

1. 1.

   in a naive manner

   “he believed, naively, that she would leave him her money”

Questions about naively

What does naively mean?

naively means "in a naive manner".

How many syllables are in naively?

naively has 3 syllables: nai-ve-ly. The stress falls on "ve". In IPA it is /nɑˈivli/.

Is naively a common word?

naively is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.