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artful

Adjective

∙ 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.]

BABYLON ENGLISH
artful adj.
shrewd, clever; sly, wily; deceitful; skillful

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
artful
artful
\art"ful\ (&?;), a. [from art.]
1. performed with, or characterized by, art or skill. [archaic] "artful strains." "artful terms."
2. artificial; imitative.
3. using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful. he [was] too artful a writer to set down events in exact historical order.
4. cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [the usual sense.] artful in speech, in action, and in mind. the artful revenge of various animals.

WORDNET 2.0
artful
Adjective
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"
(synonym) disingenuous
(similar) distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted
(see-also) insincere
2. marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"
(antonym) artless
(similar) adroit, clever, ingenious
(see-also) adroit

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Artful
Artful (1902–1927) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

WIKTIONARY - Yabla

artful

Adjective

∙ 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.]

BABYLON ENGLISH
artful adj.
shrewd, clever; sly, wily; deceitful; skillful

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
artful
artful
\art"ful\ (&?;), a. [from art.]
1. performed with, or characterized by, art or skill. [archaic] "artful strains." "artful terms."
2. artificial; imitative.
3. using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful. he [was] too artful a writer to set down events in exact historical order.
4. cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [the usual sense.] artful in speech, in action, and in mind. the artful revenge of various animals.

WORDNET 2.0
artful
Adjective
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"
(synonym) disingenuous
(similar) distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted
(see-also) insincere
2. marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"
(antonym) artless
(similar) adroit, clever, ingenious
(see-also) adroit

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Artful
Artful (1902–1927) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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