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guiles

/ɡaɪlz/

guiles is the plural of guile.

guiles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of guile.

Meaning of guile

Noun

guile (countable and uncountable, plural guiles)

  1. (uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
    • It was a result that owed a lot to a moment of guile from Ramires but more to a display of guts from the Brazilian and his team-mates after Terry's needless dismissal eight minutes before half-time for driving a knee into the back of Alexis Sanchez off the ball.2012 April 24, Phil Dawkes, “Barcelona 2-2 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport
  2. Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.
    • Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 1:47

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Proper noun capitalized: Guiles

Guiles

  1. (plural) plural of Guile

Words that rhyme with guiles

Questions about guiles

What is guiles the plural of?
Guiles is the plural of guile.
What part of speech is guiles?
Guiles is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce guiles?
Guiles is pronounced /ɡaɪlz/.

Words near guiles in the dictionary

  1. guilelessly
  2. guilelessness
  3. guiler
  4. guilers
  5. guilery
  6. guiles
  7. guilesome
  8. Guilford
  9. Guilford County
  10. Guilfordian
  11. Guilfordians

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