Naive
Naive adjective - Free from any intent to deceive or impress others.
Usage example: the young girl gave honest and naive answers to the social worker's probing questions
Sharp
Sharp adjective - Having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment.
Usage example: a sharp customer who wasn't about to be taken in by that smooth-tongued salesman
Both words in one sentence
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In Hamilton, the Schuyler sisters are this: Angelica is the smart, sharp-tongued, wise Crone, Eliza is the loving and loyal Mother, and Peggy the naive Maiden.
Source: The Hecate Sisters -
While one is a Magnificent Bastard, the second is a sharp, but somewhat naive Wide-Eyed Idealist and the last is a true-to-the-blood hothead.
Source: Guile Hero - His grades are very poor (because he apparently never goes to class) and he's hopelessly naive about the 'legacy' of Delta Psi but otherwise he seems pretty sharp in contrast to the genuinely stupid likes of Scoonie and Garf.
Source: Book Dumb
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