Approach and Ploy

Approach

Approach noun - An established course for traveling from one place to another.

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Ploy and approach are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ploy" instead a noun "Approach".

Ploy noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

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Approach and ploy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approach" instead a noun "Ploy".

Nearby Word: ployed

good	good approach	good ploy
better	better approach	better ploy
similar	similar approach	similar ploy
typical	typical approach	typical ploy
Other adjectives: common, standard, initial, simple, successful, classic, cynical, basic.

The ridiculous nature of the Disc's approach to kings is best demonstrated in Feet of Clay, when Nobby (a possibly human degenerate who is generally described as "common as muck") is "discovered" to be Earl of Ankh-Morpork as part of a ploy to put him on the throne as an easily-manipulated stooge.

Source: Divine Right of Kings
Indy Ploy: Helen's typical approach ("It's times like these I almost question my usual strategy of doing whatever dumb thing pops into my head.") Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Madblood gets no respect.

Source: Webcomic / Narbonic

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