guile
insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.
Origin of guile
1synonym study For guile
Other words for guile
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How to use guile in a sentence
To the noble woman do thou no further harm, though thou the royal bride with guiles hast circumvented.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson | Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre SturlesonAnd fruitless all their grafted guiles, as shortly ye shall see.
Not outmoded, not unsophisticated against the guiles of materialism, the disciplinary precepts mold India still.
Autobiography of a YOGI | Paramhansa YoganandaBut he is no Orator, and seems little acquainted with the guiles of policy.
Underneath, the hares huddled breathlessly and Florence Guiles voice came down to them.
Polly's First Year at Boarding School | Dorothy Whitehill
British Dictionary definitions for guile
/ (ɡaɪl) /
clever or crafty character or behaviour
Origin of guile
1Derived forms of guile
- guileful, adjective
- guilefully, adverb
- guilefulness, noun
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