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guile

[ gahyl ]

noun

  1. insidious cunning in attaining a goal; crafty or artful deception; duplicity.

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guile

/ É¡²¹Éª±ô /

noun

  1. clever or crafty character or behaviour
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²µ³Ü¾±±ô±ð´Ú³Ü±ô±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ²µ³Ü¾±±ô±ð´Ú³Ü±ô, adjective
  • ˈ²µ³Ü¾±±ô±ð´Ú³Ü±ôness, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of guile1

1175–1225; Middle English < Old French < Germanic; akin to wile
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of guile1

C18: from Old French guile, of Germanic origin; see wile
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Again, with the Shane Warne Stand behind her, King had the ball ripping past the outside edge regularly with fascinating guile and control to which England had no answers.

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“Black Doves†is set in a pulp fiction version of England where everyone is hiding something and no one fully trusts anybody — a place where information is currency and people survive on guile.

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As captain at right-back Smith showed his experience and guile, he was excellent.

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He seems to have the temperament not to be cowed, the question will be whether he has the skill, guile and craft to do the job that will be required.

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It was a journey into an alternative universe of political guile from a president who just six days earlier had approved sending $20 billion worth of more weapons to Israel.

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