artful
Use Artful in a sentence
fəl adjective
1.
slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky: artful schemes.
2.
skillful or clever in adapting means to ends; ingenious: an artful choice of metaphors and similes.
3.
done with or characterized by art or skill: artful acting; artful repairs.
4.
Archaic. artificial.
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is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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artful (ˈɑːtfʊl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | cunning or tricky |
| 2. | skilful in achieving a desired end |
| 3. | archaic characterized by skill or art |
| 4. | archaic artificial |
| 'artfully | |
| —adv | |
| 'artfulness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
The painting is an artful contrivance to convey three aspects of his public image: soldier, emperor, and administrator.
Distill out useful or artful specialized vocabulary and structures.
Then came the hours practicing artful citrus peels, and the insouciance concerning drinks of raw egg whites.
She doesn't traffic in the artful, the lyrical or the euphonious.
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