Term Gallery logo

Meanings of wile in English

Portuguese
astúcia
Catalan
engalipada
Spanish
astucia

The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

astúcia
Usage of wile in English
1
Every wile known to beauty had been employed in a hundred sieges.
The Rose in the Ring
2
He possessed a voice that could wile a bird off a bought.
The Lilac Sunbonnet: A Love Story
3
You looked for wile, for cunning, for self-seeking,-andthey were not there.
The Inside of the Cup — Volume 06
4
Beware Edward's false smile, beware Clarence's fickle faith, beware Gloucester's inscrutable wile!
The Last of the Barons — Volume 07
5
I suppose that he indulged in a flirtation to wile away the time.
Dawn
6
For three rounds he exhausted every wile in trying to get at him.
The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport
7
To tell the truth I am well informed yonder match is a wile.
The Junior Classics, Volume 4: Heroes and heroines of chivalry
8
He has that queer quality which can wile a bird off a tree.
The Price of Things
9
Think you that Vivian Grey would fall by a woman's wile?
Vivian Grey
10
Socifyin' wid dem wile furren nations ain' hu't you a bit-'deedit ain't!
The Dreamer: A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar All...
11
It is, in other words, a surprisingly soothing way to wile away an afternoon.
The Guardian
12
And it doth it the more easily, because it doth it with a wile.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
13
In his presence Christina had no longer self-assertion or wile.
What's Mine's Mine — Volume 2
14
In cases like these, it was only wile which conquered.
A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)
15
Well old pal they thought for a wile that it was Feeney for yrs.
The Real Dope
16
We might wile away an hour there very pleasantly if you feel so disposed.
My Strangest Case
About this term
More collocations
Translations for wile
Wile through the time
Wile across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common