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wiles

We have found lemma(root) word of wiles : wile.

Definitions


[wʌɪl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants
(e.g: she didn't employ any feminine wiles to capture his attention)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: perhaps from an Old Norse word related to vél ‘craft’


[wʌɪl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- lure; entice
(e.g: she could be neither driven nor wiled into the parish kirk)



Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: perhaps from an Old Norse word related to vél ‘craft’


[wʌɪl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- very bad; terrible
(e.g: he was wile when he was young)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 19th century: representing a pronunciation of wild, probably influenced by earlier Scots use of wile as an alteration of vile


[wʌɪl], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- very; extremely
(e.g: this old boy was wile pleased)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 19th century: representing a pronunciation of wild, probably influenced by earlier Scots use of wile as an alteration of vile




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