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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"
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.
3 days ago · noun. 1. trickery, cunning, or craftiness. 2. (usually plural) an artful or seductive trick or ploy. verb. 3. (transitive) to lure, beguile, or entice. Collins English Dictionary.
Wile Definition. wīl. wiled, wiles, wiling. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Noun. Verb. Pronoun. Idiom. Filter. noun. wiles. A sly trick; deceitful artifice; stratagem. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A beguiling or coquettish trick. Webster's New World.
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.
Synonyms for WILE: ruse, trick, scheme, device, stratagem, knack, dodge, jig; Antonyms of WILE: sincerity, ingenuousness, artlessness, forthrightness, guilelessness, openness, candor, directness.
noun, transitive verb. features: Word Combinations ( noun) The meaning of wile. Definition of wile. English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels.
