guilefullyadv.
/ˈɡʌɪlfʊli/ In a guileful manner; artfully, deceitfully; treacherously.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [adverb]
fakenlyOE
swikellya1023
ficklya1300
treacherouslya1340
guilinglya1382
sophisticallya1382
deceivably1387
guilefully1388
treacherlyc1394
deceivingly14..
guilouslyc1425
deceiteously1481
deceitfully1488
swikefullya1500
patchingly1570
faithlessly1581
abusively1595
dodgingly1599
fallaciously1612
deludingly1641
jugglingly1647
trickfullyc1790
hocus-pocusly1791
deceptiously1797
hocus-pocus1815
trickishly1824
deceptively1825
trickingly1833
dodgily1868
trickily1895
snakishly1935
1388 J. Wyclif Psalms v. 11 Thei diden gilefuli with her tungis.
1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 231 The fende, whyche hathe gylefully made all subgecte to the lordeshyp of his cruelte.
1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 35 If yee deale guilefully, parson will dreue.
1604 R. Parsons Relation Triall before King of France 107 He had guilfully patched togeather two different sentences of that epistle.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 655 To whom the Tempter guilefully repli'd. View more context for this quotation
a1711 T. Ken Edmund in Wks. (1721) II. v. 115 Loose probable Opinions he selects, And his Intention guilefully directs.
1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 106 He that speaks..guilefully contrary to his inward conviction and knowledge.
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