Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
guile
IPA transcription: [ɡ'aɪl]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan
Meaning:
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Synonyms:
craftiness, deceitfulness, guile
Meaning:
the quality of being crafty
Synonyms:
craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness
Meaning:
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
Usage examples
Innocence on a monument could have appeared no freer of guile than Henriette at that moment.
With tremendous exercise of craft, deceit, and guile, he devotes his life godlike to this purpose.