guile

Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.uncountable

• Estonia were struggling to get to grips with the game while Ireland were showing a composure and guile that demonstrated their experience in play-off ties.

Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.countableuncountable

• Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

To deceive, beguile, bewile.

• Who means no guile, be guiled soonest shall

Obsolete form of gold.alt-ofobsolete

Alternative form of gyle.alt-ofalternative

• […] a curdly, yeasty head on a Guile of Beer.
• Perkins told me Yesterday that his Guile of Beer had a Summer-head on't, like as one sees in the last Weeks of Brewing in a forward Spring:—The Phænomenon surprized him I find.