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Definition
cunning (shrewdness and cleverness) and deceitful
- All my motions focalized on pretending to be that guileless schoolgirl who had nothing more wearying to think about than mid-term exams.p. 285.9
guileless = innocent — without cunning or deceit
(Editor's note: The suffix "-less" in guileless means without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearless, homeless, and endless.)
(Editor's note: The suffix "-less" in guileless means without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearless, homeless, and endless.)
There are no more uses of "guile" in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
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