Guileful and Hypocritical

Guileful

Guileful adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.
Usage example: tried to fix the game with a guileful plot to sabotage the other team's bats, but the umpire caught them

Hypocritical and guileful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hypocritical" instead an adjective "Guileful".

Nearby Words: guile, guileless, guilelessly

Hypocritical

Hypocritical adjective - Not being or expressing what one appears to be or express.

Guileful and hypocritical are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Guileful" instead an adjective "Hypocritical".

Nearby Words: hypocrisy, hypocrite
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