innocently
/ˈɪnəsntli/adverb
उच्चारण इनस्न्ट्ली
भोलेपन से, मासूमियत से, अनजान बनकर
Core word
- 1
in a way that shows you do not know about or are not involved in something, often pretending this
भोलेपन से, मासूमियत से, अनजान बनकर
- 'What money?' he asked innocently.
- The child smiled innocently.
- She smiled innocently and said she knew nothing about the missing cake.
+ 2 more examples
- He innocently asked whether the teacher had checked the papers yet.
- The boy shrugged and innocently denied taking the last sweet.
Synonyms naively artlessly guilelessly
- 2
without intending to cause harm
बिना किसी बुरी नीयत के, अनजाने में
- The trouble started quite innocently with a small joke.
- He innocently mentioned the surprise party and spoiled it.
- She innocently opened the letter, not knowing it was private.
+ 2 more examples
- The rumour started innocently, but soon the whole school was talking about it.
- He innocently walked into the room while they were planning the surprise.
Synonyms harmlessly unintentionally
Opposite deliberately maliciously
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
verb + innocently
After a verb, innocently describes how something was said or done without bad intent, or while pretending not to know.
क्रिया के बाद 'innocently' बताता है कि कुछ बिना बुरी नीयत के, या अनजान होने का दिखावा करते हुए कहा या किया गया।
- She smiled innocently and said she knew nothing.
- The child innocently asked why the guest was so fat.
innocently + past participle / verb
Before a verb it often stresses that the action was done without realising harm.
क्रिया से पहले यह प्रायः इस पर ज़ोर देता है कि कार्य हानि जाने बिना किया गया।
- He innocently clicked on the link and lost his data.
- She innocently shared the rumour.
innocently + adjective
It can modify an adjective to describe a harmless, simple quality.
यह adjective को modify करके सरल, निर्दोष गुण का वर्णन कर सकता है।
- The girl was innocently curious about everything.
sentence adverb (Innocently, ...)
At the start of a sentence it signals that the speaker means no harm, or is pretending to.
वाक्य के आरंभ में यह संकेत देता है कि वक्ता का कोई बुरा इरादा नहीं है, या वह ऐसा दिखा रहा है।
- Innocently, she asked the teacher if the test was today.
+Collocations 4
innocently + verb
asksmilesaylookbelievewonder
- Radhika innocently asked where the money had gone.
innocently + involved / caught
innocently involvedinnocently caught upinnocently drawninnocently implicated
- He was innocently caught up in the dispute.
behave innocently
act innocentlylook innocentlystand innocentlyplay innocently
- The boy stood innocently by the broken window.
innocently + adjective
curiouseagernaivefranktrusting
- The child was innocently trusting of strangers.
“More examples 5
- The little girl innocently told the guests that her father snored.
छोटी बच्ची ने भोलेपन से मेहमानों को बता दिया कि उसके पिताजी खर्राटे लेते हैं।
- He innocently lent his phone to a stranger and never saw it again.
उसने बिना सोचे-समझे एक अजनबी को अपना फ़ोन दे दिया और फिर कभी उसे नहीं देखा।
- The pupil looked up innocently as the teacher asked who had thrown the chalk.
जब शिक्षक ने पूछा कि चॉक किसने फेंकी, तो विद्यार्थी ने मासूमियत से ऊपर देखा।
- An innocently posted photograph can sometimes cause trouble.
बिना बुरी नीयत के डाली गई तस्वीर कभी-कभी परेशानी खड़ी कर सकती है।
- Radhika innocently walked into the wrong classroom and sat down.
राधिका अनजाने में ग़लत कक्षा में चली गई और बैठ गई।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ She innocent asked a very difficult question.
✓ She innocently asked a very difficult question.
A verb is modified by an adverb, so innocently is needed, not innocent.
क्रिया को adverb modify करता है, इसलिए 'innocently' चाहिए, 'innocent' नहीं।
✗ He was innocently of the crime.
✓ He was innocent of the crime.
After be, the adjective innocent (of) is used; the adverb innocently does not fit.
'Be' के बाद adjective 'innocent (of)' आता है; adverb 'innocently' नहीं।
✗ The child innocently smiling at the guests.
✓ The child was smiling innocently at the guests.
A sentence needs a finite verb: was smiling.
वाक्य में finite verb (was smiling) आवश्यक है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These adverbs all show harmlessness, but they differ in whether the person knows what they are doing.
ये सभी adverbs निर्दोषता दिखाते हैं, पर इस बात में अंतर है कि व्यक्ति जानता है या नहीं कि वह क्या कर रहा है।
Without bad intent, or with a pretended look of not knowing.
बुरी नीयत के बिना, या अनजान दिखने के दिखावे के साथ।
- She asked innocently.
naively
Showing a lack of experience or judgement, so that one believes too easily.
अनुभव या विवेक की कमी दिखाते हुए, जिससे व्यक्ति बहुत आसानी से विश्वास कर लेता है।
- He naively trusted the stranger.
Without planning to; focuses on the lack of intention, not on character.
योजना के बिना; इरादे की कमी पर ज़ोर, स्वभाव पर नहीं।
- She unintentionally hurt him.