Meaning of GUILEFUL
| Pronunciation: | | 'gIlful
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| | Definition: | | [adj] 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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | artful, crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Guile"ful\, a.
Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or
treachery; guilty. -- {Guile"ful*ly}, adv. --
{Guile"ful*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | acute, arch, artful, astute, Byzantine, cagey, calculating, canny, chiseling, clever, collusive, covinous, crafty, cunning, cute, deceitful, deep, deep-laid, designing, devious, diplomatic, duplicitous, false, falsehearted, feline, finagling, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, indirect, ingenious, insidious, inventive, knowing, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, pawky, politic, ready, resourceful, scheming, serpentine, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, smooth, snaky, sneaking, sneaky, sophistical, stealthy, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple, surreptitious, tactical, treacherous, trickish, tricksy, tricky, two-faced, underhand, underhanded, vulpine, wary, wily |
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