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noun
- 1. sly or cunning intelligence: "he used all his guile and guts to free himself from the muddle he was in"
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GUILE definition: 1. clever but sometimes dishonest behaviour that you use to deceive someone: 2. smart but…. Learn more.
1. : deceitful cunning : duplicity. a war that called for guile rather than firepower. 2. obsolete : stratagem, trick. guileful. ˈgī (-ə)l-fəl. adjective. guilefully. ˈgī (-ə)l-fə-lē. adverb. guilefulness noun. Synonyms. artfulness. artifice. caginess. cageyness. canniness. craftiness. cunningness. deviousness. foxiness.
Use the noun guile for cunning, craftiness, and artful duplicity. Acting like you have a job on Wall Street when you're actually unemployed would take a lot of guile.
Guile definition: insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.. See examples of GUILE used in a sentence.
GUILE meaning: 1. clever but sometimes dishonest behaviour that you use to deceive someone: 2. smart but…. Learn more.
Guile is the quality of being good at deceiving people in a clever way. His cunning and guile were not attributes I would ever underestimate. I love children's innocence and lack of guile.
1. Treacherous cunning; skillful deceit. 2. A trick or stratagem. tr.v. guiled, guil·ing, guiles Archaic. To beguile; deceive. [Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English wigle, divination, sorcery .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Noun. Verb. Filter. noun. guiles. Slyness and cunning in dealing with others. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A trick or stratagem. American Heritage. (uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception. Wiktionary. Synonyms: foxiness. wiliness. slyness. craftiness. cunning. deceitfulness. shenanigan.
Definition of guile noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Jun 2, 2024 · guile ( countable and uncountable, plural guiles) ( uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception . Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty .
