MEANING
Using craft and deception to achieve a purpose.
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- guileful scheme
- guileful smile
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A guileful smile accompanied the offer.
His guileful scheme depended on their trust.
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more guileful; superlative most guileful where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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