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/ɡˈaɪlfəl/
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ADJECTIVE
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marked by skill in deception
deep political machinations
sly as a fox
tricky Dick
deep political machinations
a slick evasive answer
a wily old attorney
a foxy scheme
cunning men often pass for wise
How To Use guileful In A Sentence
- Being cruel, guileful and unscrupulous, the terrorist committed all manners of crimes including murder and arson.
- I would point to Francis Fukuyama's insightful "The End of History", which was only been flawed by assuming that the US was a real democracy --- and not a very subtle, guileful ruling-elite 'corporate financial Empire' disguising itself behind the facade of this two-party 'Vichy' sham of democracy. Coming Soon-- Riots in America?
- Lemony Snicket: These tales of the Baudelaire orphans outwitting multiple death threats and a gaggle of guileful guardians, with meta-commentary by an unnamed author are ... well they're definitely not intended as an ingenious snare for the use of pedophiles, I'll tell you that. Jilly Gagnon: The Moral of the Story Is...
- Neither cinema's guileful cultural artifacts nor the somnambulistic, moribund jargon that unpacks them know anything about that.
- The Southern Poverty Law Center, an American non-profit civil rights organization dedicated to combating bigotry, wrote in a recent report that " ... certain Americans, who have been prodded into paranoia by clever activists, opportunistic politicians and guileful media players, seem downright eager to deny Muslims the guarantees of religious freedom and the presumption of innocence. Parvez Ahmed: Muslims In America At The 10th Anniversary Of 9/11
- Empire must be more guileful --- and thus the massive unjust inequality of OpEdNews - Diary: Alfred P. Sloan's Monetization of ���Democracy'
- Scarce a keen reader of runes art thou, if thou deemest thou hast beheld in them the bidding of thy sister to this journey: lo, I read them the runes, and had marvel of so wise a woman as Gudrun is, that she should have miscut them; but that which lieth underneath beareth your bane with it, — yea, either she lacked a letter, or others have dealt guilefully with the runes. The Story of the Volsungs
- Scarce a keen reader of runes art thou, if thou deemest thou hast beheld in them the bidding of thy sister to this journey: lo, I read them the runes, and had marvel of so wise a woman as Gudrun is, that she should have miscut them; but that which lieth underneath beareth your bane with it, -- yea, either she lacked a letter, or others have dealt guilefully with the runes. The Story of the Volsungs
- The reforms fade as he speaks of the dark designs of regional foes, while his guileful chief coalition partner, the burly, corruption-shadowed grand vizier, a rival for the political affection of the aristocracy, exploits long-simmering hatreds to push for a broad range of curbs on democratic freedoms. Bradley Burston: In Israel, the revolution has already begun
- Arthur started, looked slightly surprised, and then, seconds later, almost guileful, `Me? BEHINDLINGS