Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Artful \Art"ful\, a. [From {Art}.]
1. Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
[Archaic] "Artful strains." "Artful terms." --Milton.
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2. Artificial; imitative. --Addison.
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3. Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance;
dexterous; skillful.
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He [was] too artful a writer to set down events in
exact historical order. --Dryden.
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4. Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing;
crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]
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Artful in speech, in action, and in mind. --Pope.
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The artful revenge of various animals. --Darwin.
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Syn: Cunning; skillful; adroit; dexterous; crafty; tricky;
deceitful; designing. See {Cunning}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
artful
adj 1: not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance
of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine,
and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most
disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a
disingenuous excuse" [syn: {disingenuous}, {artful}]
[ant: {artless}, {ingenuous}]
2: marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with
cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of
metaphors" [ant: {artless}]
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