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guilefully en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡʌɪlfəli/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English gilefuli, gylfully, gilfulliche, gylefulliche, equivalent to guileful + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a guileful manner.
   • Sith which she hath me ever since abhord, And to my foe hath guilefully consented: Ay me, that ever guyle in wemen was invented! 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

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