Definition of "ingenuously" [in•gen•u•ous•ly]

• In an ingenuous manner; frankly, straightforwardly. (adverb)

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• "So — "ingenuously," I relieved him of his cash-box and two hundred guineas."
• "But then "-- ingenuously --" I'm clever in some ways, much more clever than you'd think."
• "Atticus, [11] Servius Sulpicius, Cato or Brutus, they are all your friends; conjure them to tell you ingenuously which is your great fault, and which they would chiefly wish you to correct; if they do not all agree in their verdict, in the name of all the gods, you are acquitted."