guilefully

English

Etymology

From Middle English gilefuli, gylfully, gilfulliche, gylefulliche, equivalent to guileful +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌɪlfəli/

Adverb

guilefully (comparative more guilefully, superlative most guilefully)

1. In a guileful manner.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Sith which she hath me ever since abhord, / And to my foe hath guilefully consented: / Ay me, that ever guyle in wemen was invented!