Noun: guile gI(-u)l
- Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
"His guile in business dealings made him both admired and feared";
- craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, slyness, wiliness
- The quality of being crafty
"She used her guile to outmanoeuvre her opponents";
- craftiness
- The use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose
"The lawyer's guile in manipulating evidence was grounds for disbarment";
- trickery, chicanery, chicane, wile, shenanigan
Derived forms: guiles
Type of: astuteness, deceit, deception, disingenuousness, dissembling, dissimulation, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness
Encyclopedia: Guile, Daniel