wiliness
81guile — noun Georgia was the only one among us not taken in by Owen s guile Syn: cunning, craftiness, craft, artfulness, art, artifice, wiliness, slyness, deviousness; wiles, ploys, schemes, stratagems, maneuvers, tricks, subterfuges, ruses; deception …
82subtlety — noun 1) the subtlety of the flavor Syn: delicacy, delicateness, subtleness; understatedness, mutedness, softness 2) classification is fraught with subtlety Syn: fineness, subtleness, niceness, nicety, nuance …
83cunning — adj 1 ingenious, *clever, adroit Analogous words: skillful, skilled, adept, *proficient, expert, masterly 2 crafty, tricky, artful, *sly, foxy, insidious, wily, guileful Analogous words: devious, oblique, *crooked …
84villain — villain, scoundrel, blackguard, knave, rascal, rogue, scamp, rapscallion, miscreant can all denote a low, mean, and reprehensible person utterly lacking in principles. Villain describes one utterly given to crime, evil, and baseness {are not made …
85acuteness — n 1. sharpness, keenness, pointedness; acumination, cuspidation, spinousness. 2. intensity, exquisiteness, fierceness; poignancy, piquancy, pungency. 3. abruptness, suddenness, rapidness, extremity, precipitousness. 4. severity, criticalness,… …
86art — n 1. skill, skillfulness, dexterity, adroitness, expertness, mastery, artistry; aptitude, facility, address, dispatch, ready skill, Inf. know how; ingenuity, cleverness, talent, flair, knack, genius, way, touch, feel, hang, trick. 2. cunning,… …
87artifice — n 1. stratagem, trick, wile, ruse; intrigue, plot, plan, scheme, strategy, machination; conspiracy, complot, cabal; device, contrivance, expedient, Inf. dodge, fetch, subterfuge, blind; maneuver, feint, deception, sleight, coup, blow, stroke;… …
88astuteness — n 1. perception, discernment, penetration; perspicacity, percipience, appercipience, discrimination; acuteness, keenness, acumen, quickness, sharpness; sagacity, judiciousness, wisdom, sapience, mother wit, wits; intelligence, understanding,… …
89cleverness — n 1. brightness, brilliance, keenness, acuteness, sharpness, sharp wittedness, braininess; gift, giftedness, endowment, genius, precocity, parts; talent, flair, bent, turn, forte; intelligence, aptness, smartness, agility, quickness, quick… …
90craft — n 1. skill, skillfullness, dexterity, adroitness, expertness, mastery, artistry; aptitude, facility, address, dispatch, ready skill, Inf. know how; ingenuity, cleverness, talent, flair, genius, art, knack. 2. cunning, wiliness, slyness, foxiness …
