Meaning of guile | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
   uncountable
2. A surname from French.
3. Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“It was a result that owed a lot to a moment of guile from Ramires but more to a display of guts from the Brazilian and his team-mates after Terry's needless dismissal eight minutes before half-time for driving a knee into the back of Alexis Sanchez off the ball.”

“Estonia were struggling to get to grips with the game while Ireland were showing a composure and guile that demonstrated their experience in play-off ties.”

“Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!”

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