Adjective : an artless child. ,artless beauty; artless charm. ,an artless translation.    From Dictionary.com. 

"In things political your artlessness is prehistoric," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Henchman] Reference

"Thank you," the ship replied with the serious artlessness of a child.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ship Of Magic]

There is one art, no more, no less: to do all things with artlessness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-10-01] Reference

And in that proposal he demonstrates the impractical artlessness of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Red Conspiracy] Reference

In fact, the very act of requesting ‘more women’ smacks of artlessness.    From Wordnik.com.  [2009 April 22 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS] Reference

Irritated by the artlessness of the query, the Colonel pulled at his whiskers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soul] Reference

She had all the natural grace of sweetness of temper and artlessness in herself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emma]

Here is the elemental artlessness of nature, and here the beatitude of innocence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Some Old Time Beauties After Portraits by the English Masters, with Embellishment and Comment] Reference

Ah, my dear American friends, little do you suspect the artlessness of this reply.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference

The indispensable qualities of detachment, artlessness, and gladness are thus lost.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Corruption of Sports] Reference

And he does it all with an artlessness, an innocence even though he may be practised.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference

Mosley makes his simple tale gripping through the studied artlessness of his storytelling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fortunate Son: Summary and book reviews of Fortunate Son by Walter Mosley.] Reference

Levity is artlessness in a child, a shameful fault in men, and a terrible folly in old age.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference

Nikki laughed and patted my head as we drew more and more, reveling in our utter artlessness.    From Wordnik.com.  [notes from the peanut gallery] Reference

I admit it, Violette; I have not, like you, the artlessness of the flower whose name you bear.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

Goodness, I once was 18, too, with all the artlessness combined with a sense of invincibility.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rites of Passage] Reference

Perhaps she was only an adorable child who had no idea of the effect her artlessness had upon men.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Witness] Reference

Others again are more restrained, though almost all have a certain charming artlessness about them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Growth of English Drama] Reference

“I want to know,” said she, with the Italian artlessness which has always a touch of artfulness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Albert Savarus] Reference

“Why should others come between us?” she said with an artlessness of feeling that delighted Luigi.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vendetta] Reference

Noticing that all eyes were turned on him he raised his head and smiled a smile of childlike artlessness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anna Karenina] Reference

Conquered by the exquisite artlessness and gestures, Herrera kissed her on the forehead for the first time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scenes from a Courtesan's Life] Reference

They may follow for a time the exploiters of their artlessness, but then their friendly humor turns to hate.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Simple Life] Reference

She is a tiny woman with curly auburn hair, who dresses with a ratty artlessness that never ceases to amaze me.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shape of Dread]

Briggs told all her history, and Becky gave a narrative of her own life, with her usual artlessness and candour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vanity Fair] Reference

Imagine the embodiment of all that you can conceive most charming -- add to that, artlessness, grace, and innocence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stories by Foreign Authors: German — Volume 1] Reference

What her manners wanted in dignity, were supplied by a graceful artlessness, with which she alone seemed to be gifted.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Curate and His Daughter, a Cornish Tale] Reference

"Oh, not at all, Frank; pardon my interruption," said the girl, turning her eyes full upon him with artful artlessness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Diamond Coterie] Reference

They were very affable, and there was an artlessness about them, combined with self-respect, which was very fascinating.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886] Reference

A soft flush leaped to her cheeks as she spoke, and her beautiful eyes expressed an artlessness that was very bewitching.    From Wordnik.com.  [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887] Reference

"Why, aren't we?" she asked, succeeding well, as a woman always can in such a situation, in giving it a discouraging artlessness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trail's End] Reference

His temper was unalterably sweet, and every thought of his breast was laid open to the world with an almost infantine artlessness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Camilla] Reference

He was happier than formerly in Kessin, because he could not fail to observe that Effi manifested more artlessness and cheerfulness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12] Reference

Still, it is chiefly the consummate artful artlessness of the form that constitutes the individual merit of La Fontaine's productions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Classic French Course in English] Reference

Oh! resemble not, sweet blossom, thy unfortunate parent, even in the artlessness of thy disposition, for that was her destruction. —.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Curate and His Daughter, a Cornish Tale] Reference

The poor details of her life he contrives to lose under a purposed artlessness of narrative and a caressing superfluity of loyal eulogy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference

But believing Speght's text to be accurate, Dryden could not but believe in the artlessness and irregularity of Chaucer's versification.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference

Not only does he tell them with agonising artlessness: he doesn't even make them up himself, instead paying a professional to supply them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The News Where You Are by Catherine O'Flynn] Reference