Used in a Sentence

naively

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for naively.

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The whole point of Asimov's laws was that naively encoded moral rules can have horrific consequences.

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Quick take

In a naive manner.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of naively gathered in one view.

adverb

In a naive manner.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for naively.

adverb

In a naive manner.

Example sentences

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The whole point of Asimov's laws was that naively encoded moral rules can have horrific consequences.

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The fact that they naively trust a bunch of academics to catch rogue traders or terrorists based on past data is laughable.

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And that naively mallocing everywhere is not the only or fastest way to manually manage memory, and sometimes isn't even the easiest.

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All that said education isn't as wonderful as one might naively think.

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You don't get an insurance discount for naively believing that you won't make mistakes, or for believing that undesirable things won't happen to you.

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However, historically many, in fact the majority, of the prime movers in Irish nationalism have been from Anglican backgrounds that would naively be associated with Unionism.

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To maximize utility (naively assuming that points == utils), you want exactly 10% of the class to choose 6 points, and the rest to choose 2.

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Looking naively at github files by type is unreliable, since so many people do things like keep their.vimrc and.vim files on github which artificially inflates the number of.vimL repositories.

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It's only Google's fault to the extent that they naively believed everyone else would be responsible and neglected to have this license require updates, unlocking after dropping support, etc.

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You seem naively unfamiliar with Reddit.

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So yes, naively getting a box at Hetzner or any other dedicated provider would be less of an upfront monetary cost, but in the long run, the advantages aren't as clear cut.

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I naively thought you were the chosen one.

Quote examples

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Must be nice to live in a world where "sides" can be chosen so naively.

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The idea that "survival of the fittest" can be naively applied to politics is a pretty easy way to convince people to commit genocide.

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Every year around burning man time it "notices" that I'm buying supplies for burning man, and starts recommending me things like baby wipes, which are completely unrelated (naively) to things like lag screws, rebar pullers, etc.

Proper noun examples

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Naively, that's 16 bytes per entry (8 for the number, 8 for the LRN), so 8GB.

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Naively assumes that the building restrictions cause permanent productivity losses.

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Naively approached, the complexity of this is O(N^2), so had to come up with novel ways to make it finish in a reasonable amount of time and with limited resources.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use naively in a sentence?

The whole point of Asimov's laws was that naively encoded moral rules can have horrific consequences.

What does naively mean?

In a naive manner.

What part of speech is naively?

naively is commonly used as adverb.