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Meaning of 'artful' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Artful [ a.]
- Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
- Artificial; imitative.
- Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
- Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]

Meaning of 'artful' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . artful [ a]
Meaning (1):
- not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
Example in sentence:
  • a disingenuous excuse;
  • an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time
Meaning (2):
- marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft
Example in sentence:
  • an artful choice of metaphors;
  • the artful dodger

Nearby Words:

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