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- DictionaryWile/wīl/
adjective
- 1. very bad; terrible: "he was wile when he was young"
adverb
- 1. very; extremely: "this old boy was wile pleased"
1. A stratagem or trick intended to deceive or ensnare. 2. A disarming or seductive manner, device, or procedure: the wiles of a skilled negotiator. tr.v. wiled, wil·ing, wiles. 1.
The noun wile is good for describing a particular kind of deviousness, but its plural form is most commonly used. Your charming brother might use his wiles to talk your parents into loaning him money again and again.
Nov 6, 2023 · wile (third-person singular simple present wiles, present participle wiling, simple past and past participle wiled) ( transitive) To entice or lure . He was good to look on, brawly dressed, and with a tongue in his head that would have wiled the bird from the tree.
A disarming or seductive manner, device, or procedure. The wiles of a skilled negotiator. American Heritage. Craftiness; guile. Webster's New World. Synonyms: guile. shenanigan. chicanery. trickery. fraud. entice. shenanigans. pass. machination. lure.
wile (wīl), n., v., wiled, wil•ing. n. a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device. wiles, artful or beguiling behavior. deceitful cunning; trickery. v.t. to beguile, entice, or lure (usually fol. by away, from, into, etc.): The music wiled him from his study.
to beguile, entice, or lure (usually followed by away, from, into, etc.): The music wiled him from his study. wile away, to spend or pass (time), especially in a leisurely or pleasurable fashion: to wile away the long winter nights.
ways of persuading someone that trick them into doing something: She'll have to use all her feminine wiles to get him to agree. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Urging & persuading. ambulance-chasing. argumentation. badger. be/go on at someone idiom. blagger. hortatory. hustle. incitation. incitement. influencer.
