Both Uses of
guile
in
This Side of Paradise
- So they proceeded with an infinite guile that would have horrified her parents.
Chpt 1.2 *guile = cunning (shrewd cleverness) and deceit
- If I enjoy going around telling people guilelessly that I think I'm a genius, let me do it.†
Chpt 1.4guilelessly = 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.
Definition:
cunning (shrewdness and cleverness) and deceitful