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guile
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- pronunciation:
- gaIl
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
| definition: |
deceitfulness, treachery, or skillful cunning; wiliness.
It was not through persuasion but through guile that he got the old couple to sign over the property.- synonyms:
- artfulness, chicanery, craftiness, cunning, deceitfulness, duplicity, foxiness, fraud, skulduggery, slyness, treachery, trickiness, wiliness
- antonyms:
- candor, honesty, ingenuousness
- similar words:
- craft, finesse, perfidy, slickness, subtlety
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| related words: |
cunning, intrigue, treachery |
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