Antonyms for wile

Grammar : Noun

Spell : wahyl

Phonetic Transcription : waɪl

Definition of wile

Origin : mid-12c., wil "wile, trick," perhaps from Old North French *wile (Old French guile), or directly from a Scandinavian source (cf. Old Norse vel "trick, craft, fraud," vela "defraud"). Perhaps ultimately related to Old English wicca "wizard" (see Wicca). Lighter sense of "amorous or playful trick" is from c.1600. Wily is attested from c.1300.

noun cunning

Example sentences :

Now, by some pretext, by some wile, he must live to see her once more.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Without a double of any kind,—a creature that does not know a wile or a stratagem!
Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever

But I had rather she had more earthliness and wile than be the pawn of Venice.
Extract from : « The Royal Pawn of Venice » by Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull

When every other wile had been tried in vain, he got Archie to propose a game with forfeits.
Extract from : « Eight Cousins » by Louisa M. Alcott

She would be possessed of every art and wile of the women of her trade.
Extract from : « The Heart of Unaga » by Ridgwell Cullum

When they paid their checks they wooed her with every wile known to Cupid's art.
Extract from : « Strictly Business » by O. Henry

The lion was indeed aroused at last, and whip or goad or wile of no avail.
Extract from : « A Modern Chronicle, Complete » by Winston Churchill

You looked for wile, for cunning, for self-seeking,—and they were not there.
Extract from : « The Inside of the Cup, Complete » by Winston Churchill

Wile we was etin them, I axt Maria who the Georgie was who tuk her out.
Extract from : « The Bad Boy At Home » by Walter T. Gray

There was nothing left for him but to wait and wile away the time.
Extract from : « The Growth of a Soul » by August Strindberg

Synonyms for wile

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