But there is a sense in which Renoir might very well be described as naif and ingenuous.
You have approached the matter from an entirely naif and instinctive standpoint, and it will take some time to show you your errors.
Of course you should really go to the theological seminary and establish this naif intuitive mysticism upon a disciplined basis.
The deformations in Gauguin came as a result of an outline which after the first drawing was left unchanged for the sake of its naif effect.
Littre says that naif comes from natif, as vulgar comes from vulgus, as though native traits must be simple, and commonness must be vulgar.
They are singularly interesting; as naif as the smile on the faces of the Greek warriors, but no more grotesque than they.
This explains why the pursuit of science, so long as it remains superficial, is not incompatible with the most naif sort of religious faith.
He begins with a naif anthropomorphism that is now almost perished from the world; he ends with a solemn repudiation of adultery.
They rectify many naif blunders and so make the whole narrative more intelligible, but they still render most of the tropes of the original literally.
Now her best-beloved recluses did not stand the test in the hour of trial, and their naif egotism disappointed her unspeakably.
It is probable that for her, as for many European sovereigns, the matter was decided by considerations with which the naif question of the legitimacy of a papal election had little or nothing to do.
As he felt her close up against him, folded into him with that utterly naifand childish trust that had allured and charmed him on the very first occasion, he felt nothing but a sweet and blessed rest.
She was puzzled, too, that Paul should be so obviously pleased with the rather naif adoration.
He was in an easier mood than before, he chattered less extravagantly, and asked Rowland a number of rather naif questions about the condition of the fine arts in New York and Boston.
It 's dealt out in different doses, in big cups and little, and when you have consumed your portion it 's as naif to ask for more as it was for Oliver Twist to ask for more porridge.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "naif" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
