Both Uses of
guile
in
The Fountainhead
- He said it simply, guilelessly, in a little petulant whine.
Chpt 1.15 *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.
- He waved to people, shook hands, made witty remarks about some current movies, and bore an air of guileless astonishment, as if he had been absent just since yesterday and could not understand why people greeted him in the manner of a triumphal homecoming.†
Chpt 4.19
Definition:
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(guile) cunning (shrewdness and cleverness) and deceitful