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Meanings of
wile
in English
Portuguese
astúcia
Catalan
engalipada
Spanish
astucia
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The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
guile
trickery
chicanery
chicane
shenanigan
Portuguese
astúcia
Synonyms
Examples for "
guile
"
guile
trickery
chicanery
chicane
shenanigan
Examples for "
guile
"
1
So he took the serpent for the workshop of his own
guile
.
2
There was no
guile
,
no malevolence in the working of the city.
3
It was incapable of
guile
,
and perhaps that gave him an advantage.
4
Blessed is the man in whose spirit there is no
guile
,
Psal.
5
Between them they resolved to take the place by strategy and
guile
.
1
The result is teasingly brilliant and prefigures some of postmodernism's best
trickery
.
2
His
trickery
and pace on the flank caused Motherwell problems all game.
3
The speed humps and one-way systems added a new layer of
trickery
.
4
Beatrice studied the document, and in silence canvassed the possibilities of
trickery
.
5
This makes the cultivation of the love of
trickery
the more dangerous.
1
The suit proceeded with all the languor and
chicanery
of the period.
2
It was six weeks of
chicanery
,
drinking, prostitution, deal-making, vote-peddling, and corruption.
3
The organized workers not only distrust the politician but detest political
chicanery
.
4
Or would you say that subtlety,
chicanery
,
trickery, were here at work?
5
Else why this double dealing, this deceit, this
chicanery
,
these hollow professions?
1
The new recruit in the army of business
chicane
nodded his head.
2
But the present extravagant proposition can only lead to
chicane
and quarrels.
3
You want a field for your remarkable talent for conspiracy and
chicane
.
4
Roebuck was the keystone of the arch that sustained the structure of
chicane
.
5
Coming out of the
chicane
the Frenchman overcooked it and crashed.
1
That
shenanigan
was duly hit with a fine from the Federal Communications Commission.
2
Nor did they ever catch anybody else involved in the
shenanigan
.
3
The change to the euro will be difficult enough without such
shenanigans
.
4
Forget about the unholy
shenanigans
up in Omagh a few weeks ago.
5
Welch, however, sometimes goes a bit overboard with the
shenanigans
and mugging.
Usage of
wile
in English
1
Every
wile
known to beauty had been employed in a hundred sieges.
2
He possessed a voice that could
wile
a bird off a bought.
3
You looked for
wile
,
for cunning, for self-seeking,-andthey were not there.
4
Beware Edward's false smile, beware Clarence's fickle faith, beware Gloucester's inscrutable
wile
!
5
I suppose that he indulged in a flirtation to
wile
away the time.
6
For three rounds he exhausted every
wile
in trying to get at him.
7
To tell the truth I am well informed yonder match is a
wile
.
8
He has that queer quality which can
wile
a bird off a tree.
9
Think you that Vivian Grey would fall by a woman's
wile
?
10
Socifyin' wid dem
wile
furren nations ain' hu't you a bit-'deedit ain't!
11
It is, in other words, a surprisingly soothing way to
wile
away an afternoon.
12
And it doth it the more easily, because it doth it with a
wile
.
13
In his presence Christina had no longer self-assertion or
wile
.
14
In cases like these, it was only
wile
which conquered.
15
Well old pal they thought for a
wile
that it was Feeney for yrs.
16
We might
wile
away an hour there very pleasantly if you feel so disposed.
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About this term
wile
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
wile away
feminine wile
wile a bird
other wile
celtic wile
More collocations
Translations for
wile
Portuguese
astúcia
artimanha
Catalan
engalipada
art
estratagema
ardit
astúcia
sofisma
farfolla
arteria
Spanish
astucia
arte
Wile
through the time
Wile
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common