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guileful

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guile·ful  (glfl)
adj.
Full of guile; deceitfully or treacherously cunning.
guileful·ly adv.
guileful·ness n.
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Adj.1.guilefulguileful - marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
crafty, foxy, knavish, sly, tricksy, wily, cunning, dodgy, tricky, slick
artful - marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"


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Having at last by guileful speeches succeeded in separating them, he attacked them without fear as they fed alone, and feasted on them one by one at his own leisure.
Fables by Aesop View in context
"Circumstances must guide me," said I; and meeting Pelet's false glance and insinuating smile, I thanked heaven that I had last night opened my window and read by the light of a full moon the true meaning of that guileful countenance.
The Professor by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
Caedmon next tells how the fiend tempted first the man and then the woman with guileful lies to eat of the fruit which had been forbidden to them, and how Eve yielded to him.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
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