🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

incrédulamente

Pronunciation / Transliteration: inkɾeduˈlamente

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Gullibly/ˈɡʌl.ə.bli/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Ella creyó ingenuamente la mentira."

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1 sense
As adverb
  1. 1

    In a way that shows a tendency to believe everything that is said or offered, without skepticism or sufficient evidence.

    "He gullibly believed every wild story the salesman told him."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the adjective 'gullible', formed from the verb 'gull' (to deceive or cheat, of uncertain origin possibly related to Middle French 'guiler') combined with the suffix '-ible' and the adverbial suffix '-ly'. The root verb has been recorded since the late 16th century, evolving to describe those easily misled or tricked.

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