guilefully
In deceptive fashion
In a crafty or deceitful manner, using cunning to achieve one's ends: She guilefully steered the conversation away from her own failures.
The word suggests sly manipulation rather than outright dishonesty—maneuvering through cleverness rather than force.
With sly cleverness
- craftilyIn a scheming manner
- slylyIn a crafty manner
- artfullyWith clever skill
- wililyWith shrewd deception
shrewdly · deceptively · deviously · sneakily · foxily · trickily · astutely · calculatingly
With deliberate dishonesty
- dishonestlyIn an untruthful manner
- misleadinglyIn a deceiving way
- deceitfullyIn a lying manner
- insincerelyWithout true feeling
fraudulently · falsely · treacherously · unscrupulously · disingenuously · evasively · perfidiously · hypocritically
With mental sharpness
- ingeniouslyWith inventive skill
- resourcefullyWith creative problem-solving
- adroitlyWith practiced skill
- deftlyWith nimble precision
skillfully · tactically · strategically · maneuvering · diplomatically · politically · opportunistically · expediently
cunningly
With sly cleverness
wilily · shrewdly · deceptively · deviously · sneakily · foxily · trickily · astutely · calculatingly · insidiously
duplicitously
With deliberate dishonesty
- dishonestlyIn an untruthful manner
- misleadinglyIn a deceiving way
- deceitfullyIn a lying manner
insincerely · fraudulently · falsely · treacherously · unscrupulously · disingenuously · evasively · perfidiously · hypocritically · mendaciously
cleverly
With mental sharpness
- ingeniouslyWith inventive skill
- resourcefullyWith creative problem-solving
- adroitlyWith practiced skill
deftly · skillfully · tactically · strategically · maneuvering · diplomatically · politically · opportunistically · expediently · shrewdly
guilefullyhonestly
In a truthful manner
guilelessly · straightforwardly · sincerely · candidly · forthrightly
guilefullynaively
Without experience or cynicism
innocently · artlessly · credulously · trustingly · unsuspectingly