Sentence example with the word 'guileful'

guileful

acute, canny, cunning, devious, finagling, insidious, resourceful, slick, sneaky, supple, tricky, wily

Definition adj. marked by skill in deception

Last update: November 14, 2016


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he is very guileful   [adjective]

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Many authorities such as Keating and MacFirbis admit that descendants of the Firbolgs were still to be found in parts of Ireland in their own day, though they are characterized as " tattling, guileful, tale-bearing, noisy, contemptible, mean, wretched, unsteady, harsh and inhospitable."   [adjective]

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He had been soundly schooled by his guileful Sicilian mother.   [adjective]

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"My books," said I, "have taught me that the more beautiful a woman's face the more guileful is her heart; and your face is wonderfully beautiful, and, as for your heart--you lied to me before."   [adjective]

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E'en now he tarries in the maiden's bower, As he has often done, and talks with her With guileful tongue, and cunning show of love.'   [adjective]

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