guileful

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guileful

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From Middle English gileful, gilful, equivalent to guile + -ful.

adjective more guileful · most guileful · guilefull

Full of guile; treacherously deceptive.
Similar: guiled, ratlike, viperous, beguiling, deceitful, deceptious, deceptive, deceptory, fallacious, fraudful, fraudulent, mendacious

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@misc{guileful_2026,
  title = {guileful},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/guileful},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}