All 3 Uses of
guile
in
A Thousand Splendid Suns
- His look was one of conviction, of guileless yet ironclad earnestness.
p. 183..9 *guileless = without cunning (shrewdness, cleverness) or deceitstandard suffix: The suffix "-less" in guileless means without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearless, homeless, and endless.
- Love had never been declared to her so guilelessly, so unreservedly.†
p. 252..7
- When he spoke, it was with a tinge of guile and tenderness.†
p. 364..8
Definition:
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(guile) cunning (shrewdness and cleverness) and deceitful