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Her intelligence was exceeded only by her guile.guile = cunning (shrewdness and cleverness) and deceit
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She had a guilelessness sometimes found in a young child being raised in a protective home.guilelessness = openness (lack of cunning and deceit)standard suffix: The suffix "-lessness" in guilelessness means in a state without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearlessness, powerlessness, and harmlessness.
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She had the guile to lie directly to his face.guile = cunning and deceit
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And I knew by his eyes that no guile had he, So I married my man from the North Country. (source)guile = cunningness (shrewdness) and deceit
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Leper's face became guileful, his voice flat and impersonal. (source)guileful = full of cunning (shrewdness and cleverness, and perhaps deceit)
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What is childlike humility? It's not the lack of intelligence, but the lack of guile. The lack of an agenda. (source)guile = cunning (shrewdness and cleverness), and deceit
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I bid you now drop your guile and confess... (source)guile = cunning and deceit
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His eyes were as wide and guileless as those of his boy. (source)guileless = innocent -- 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.
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...their eyes were knowing and guileful beyond their years. (source)guileful = full of cunning (shrewdness and cleverness, and perhaps deceit)
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He looked at her guilelessly, a milk mustache on his lip. (source)guilelessly = innocently -- without cunning (shrewdness, cleverness) or deceitstandard suffix: The suffix "-lessly" in guilelessly means in a manner that is without. This is the same pattern you see in words like harmlessly, fearlessly, and remorselessly.
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The internal arrangements of the Finch house were indicative of Simon's guilelessness and the absolute trust with which he regarded his offspring. (source)guilelessness = openness (lack of cunning; i.e., not deceitful or shrewd)standard suffix: The suffix "-lessness" in guilelessness means in a state without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearlessness, powerlessness, and harmlessness.
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Beowulf speaks, tells how he would give his armour to his son if he had one; thanks God that he has not sworn falsely or done guilefully; and prays Wiglaf to bear out the treasure that he may see it before he dies.† (source)
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Thus ornament is but the guiled shore To a most dangerous sea; the beauteous scarf Veiling an Indian beauty; in a word, The seeming truth which cunning times put on To entrap the wisest. (source)guiled = treacherous or deceiving
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Therefore the Heathobards' faith I account not, Their deal of the folk-peace, unguileful to Danes, Their fast-bounden friendship.† (source)unguileful = without cunning (shrewdness and cleverness, and perhaps deceit)standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unguileful means not and reverses the meaning of guileful. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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It nourished itself and offered each man a partnership limited only by his talent, his guile, and his willingness and capacity for hard work. (source)guile = cunning (shrewdness and cleverness)
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With her smooth face, she looked like a young girl, frail, guileless, and innocent. (source)guileless = innocent -- without cunning (shrewdness, cleverness) or deceit
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