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. 252.7guilelessly = 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.
- When he spoke, it was with a tinge of guile and tenderness.†
p. 364.7
Definition:
cunning (shrewdness and cleverness) and deceitful