guile

Sadly, it wasn't until she sang "Something Good" that Underwood's tireless guile finally succeeded in winning over the audience.

But to say nothing of the innovative frame structure, what stands out here is the guile and agency of the female characters.

"If that is the case, hats off to him for guile and deviousness," says Yossi Verter in Haaretz.

At one point it seemed that Brown was, with unseemly guile, trying to remain in 10 Downing Street.

The simple honest-hearted General, who knew not the guile of their hearts, was deluded into wishing them success.

She knew that he loved her—a frank, blustering fellow without guile enough to conceal his feelings, and no desire to do so.

There was neither guile nor vanity in the girl's heart, nor a trace of deceit in her face; only gentleness, truth, and beauty.

She was so bright and pretty, so interested, and so free from guile, that hearts opened to her as blossoms to the sun.

O strong ones, he who is the guardian of so much wealth, he calls on you with praises, free from guile.