guilefully

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌɪlfəli/

Adverb

guilefully (comparative more guilefully, superlative most guilefully)

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

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