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intelligent and skillful, esp. in persuading, sometimes without being completely honest: His politics was an artful blend of high-minded patriotism and malicious gossip about his opponents. artfully. adverb us / ˈɑrt·fə·li / The machinery is artfully concealed in a polished cabinet.
straightforward. unsophisticated. ingenuous. naïve. William Jennings Bryan was an artful lawyer.
Synonyms for ARTFUL: cunning, cute, subtle, deceptive, slick, fraudulent, dishonest, designing; Antonyms of ARTFUL: artless, ingenuous, innocent, guileless, obvious, public, simple, plain.
The meaning of ARTFUL is performed with or showing art or skill. How to use artful in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Artful.
If you describe someone as artful, you mean that they are clever and skilful at achieving what they want, especially by deceiving people.
To be artful is to do something skillfully, especially in a cunning way. A con man must be artful. To be an artist requires skill and talent: it's not easy to make art. Similarly, doing something in an artful way takes skill. A chess player is artful in escaping an opponent's attack.
Artful definition: slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky. See examples of ARTFUL used in a sentence.
Definition of artful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
art•ful•ness, n. [ uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024. art•ful (ärt′ fəl), adj. slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky: artful schemes. skillful or clever in adapting means to ends; ingenious: an artful choice of metaphors and similes.
artful meaning, definition, what is artful: clever at deceiving people: Learn more.
