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Webster 1913 Edition


Guileful

Guile′ful

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Adj.
Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty.
Guile′ful-ly
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adv.
Guile′ful-ness
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Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Guileful

GUILEFUL

,
Adj.
Cunning; drafty; artful; wily; deceitful; insidious; as a guileful person.
1.
Treacherous; deceitful.
2.
Intended to deceive; as guileful words.

Definition 2024


guileful

guileful

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Adjective

guileful (comparative more guileful, superlative most guileful)

  1. Full of guile; treacherously deceptive.

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