"guileful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more guileful [comparative], most guileful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English gileful, gilful, equivalent to guile + -ful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|gileful}} Middle English gileful, {{m|enm|gilful}} gilful, {{suf|en|guile|ful|pos=adjective}} guile + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} guileful (comparative more guileful, superlative most guileful)
  1. Full of guile; treacherously deceptive. Synonyms: guilefull [archaic] Derived forms: guilefully, guilefulness Translations (full of guile): коварен (kovaren) (Bulgarian), измамнически (izmamničeski) (Bulgarian), kavala (Finnish), táldrægur (Icelandic), svikull (Icelandic), fláráður (Icelandic), flár (Icelandic), лу́кав (lúkav) (Macedonian), ко́варен (kóvaren) (Macedonian), изма́мнички (izmámnički) (Macedonian)

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