Meanings
adverbguilefully (comparative more guilefully, superlative most guilefully)
comparative more guilefully · superlative most guilefully
- In a guileful manner.
Sith which she hath me ever since abhord, And to my foe hath guilefully consented: Ay me, that ever guyle in wemen was invented!
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
Origin
- Middle Englishgilefuli
- Englishguilefully
From Middle English gilefuli, gylfully, gilfulliche, gylefulliche, equivalent to guileful + -ly.
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