guileful
Example Sentences
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In fact her quote was more guileful than that—and all the more revealing for it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
The game still features plenty of lung-burning rallies, but there is much more action now in the front of the court — more drop shots and guileful flicks.
From New York Times ● May 4, 2022
Creepy Santa never gets his ultimate comeuppance, guileful Snow White never finds her ideal prince.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2020
Facebook’s own guileful way of presenting the issue was to claim that while “passive” consumption of social media content could pose mental health risks, more engagement could “improve wellbeing”.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2019
She had the sort of broad and guileful smile in which you couldn't help but believe—you just wanted to make her happy so you could keep seeing it.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
