Method and Ploy

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Method

Method noun - The means or procedure for doing something.
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Ploy and method are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ploy" instead a noun "Method".
Nearby Words: methodical, methodize, methodically, methodic, Methodism

Ploy

Ploy noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
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Method and ploy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Method" instead a noun "Ploy".
Nearby Word: ployed

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old old method old ploy
good good method good ploy
exact exact method exact ploy
elaborate elaborate method elaborate ploy
Other adjectives: particular, better, similar, typical, common, standard, obvious, simple, cheap, popular, effective, main, final, convoluted, basic.

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  • You Can't Fight Fate The Prophecy's method of revealing information (concealing it in cryptic words until the right moment) is a necessary ploy to keep Belgarath (who hates the implications this trope) from doing things he's not supposed to.
    Source: You Can't Fight Fate
  • Literature / Skulduggery Pleasant Guess he got bored of the Indy Ploy method.
    Source: Literature / Skulduggery Pleasant
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