Canadian English Meaning of wile

wile

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Definitions and Meaning of wile in English

Wordnet

wile (n)

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

Webster

wile (n.)

A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice; a beguilement; an allurement.

Webster

wile (v. t.)

To practice artifice upon; to deceive; to beguile; to allure.

To draw or turn away, as by diversion; to while or while away; to cause to pass pleasantly.

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wile

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)A trick or stratagem practiced for insnaring or deception; a sly, insidious; artifice;

device,ruse,scheme,trick,bluff,cunning,deception,dodge,fetch,flimflam

artlessness,forthrightness,Ingenuousness,sincerity,guilelessness,candour,Candour,directness ,openness,plainness

wildwood => wildwood, wildness => wildness, wildly => wildly, wildlife => wildlife, wildish => wildish,