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–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.

[Origin: 1605–15; art¹ + -ful

]

—Related forms

art·ful·ly, adverb

art·ful·ness, noun

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art·ful Audio Help (ärt'fəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Exhibiting art or skill: "The furniture is an artful blend of antiques and reproductions" (Michael W. Robbins).
Skillful in accomplishing a purpose, especially by the use of cunning or craft.
Artificial.

art'ful·ly adv., art'ful·ness n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
artful

"skilled in adapting means to ends," 1739, from art (n.).

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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" [syn: disingenuous] [ant: artless]
2.	marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors" [ant: artless]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈartful adjective

clever; having a lot of skill (usually in a bad sense)
Example: an artful thief

Arabic:	ماكِر، حاذِق، ماهِر
Chinese (Simplified):	狡猾的
Chinese (Traditional):	狡猾的
Czech:	rafinovaný, vynalézavý
Danish:	snedig; udspekuleret
Dutch:	gewiekst
Estonian:	osav
Finnish:	ovela
French:	rusé
German:	listig
Greek:	επιτήδειος, ικανός
Hungarian:	ügyes
Icelandic:	kænn, slægur
Indonesian:	cerdik, licin
Italian:	astuto

Japanese:	巧妙な
Korean:	교활한, 솜씨좋은
Latvian:	viltīgs; slīpēts
Lithuanian:	gudrus, apsukrus
Norwegian:	listig, slu
Polish:	przebiegły
Portuguese (Brazil):	astuto
Portuguese (Portugal):	astuto
Romanian:	viclean; abil
Russian:	хитроумный
Slovak:	prefíkaný
Slovenian:	prekanjen
Spanish:	astuto; con artimaña
Swedish:	förslagen, slug
Turkish:	kurnaz, şeytan

See also: art, arts

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Artful

Art"ful\, a. [From Art.]

1. Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill. [Archaic] "Artful strains." "Artful terms." --Milton.

2. Artificial; imitative. --Addison.

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. --Dryden.

4. Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]

Artful in speech, in action, and in mind. --Pope.

The artful revenge of various animals. --Darwin.

Syn: Cunning; skillful; adroit; dexterous; crafty; tricky; deceitful; designing. See Cunning.

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