guileful

English

Alternative forms

• guilefull (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English gileful, gilful, equivalent to guile +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

guileful (comparative more guileful, superlative most guileful)

1. Full of guile; treacherously deceptive.

Derived terms

• guilefully
• guilefulness

Translations

full of guile

• Bulgarian: коварен (bg) (kovaren), измамнически (bg) (izmamničeski)
• Finnish: kavala (fi)
• Icelandic: táldrægur, svikull, fláráður, flár
• Macedonian: лу́кав (lúkav), ко́варен (kóvaren), изма́мнички (izmámnički)