guile
cunning or clever deceit used to achieve an aim
Word origin: From Old French guile, deceit or trickery.
Guile in a sentence
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She relied on guile rather than force, outmaneuvering her competitors through quiet trickery.
She negotiated with such guile that her opponents conceded points they had sworn to defend.
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The professor's lectures were notoriously blank; students often left more puzzled than when they had arrived, unable to follow his tangled chains of reasoning.
Using “guile” well
Guile is cunning, crafty deceit used to achieve an aim. The word is generally negative, and its antonym artlessness names the absence of such scheming, an innocent straightforwardness.
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