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

artful·ly adv.
artful·ness n.

artful
Adjective
1. cunning
2. skilful in achieving a desired end
artfully adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.artful - 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"
insincere - lacking sincerity; "a charming but thoroughly insincere woman"; "their praise was extravagant and insincere"
2.artful - marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"
adroit - quick or skillful or adept in action or thought; "an exceptionally adroit pianist"; "an adroit technician"; "his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers"; "an adroit negotiator"
artless - simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance"

artful
Translations
Spanish artful [ˈɑːtful] adj (= cunning) [person, trick] → mañoso
French artful [ˈɑːtful] adjrusé(e)
German artful [ˈɑːtful] adjraffiniert
Italian artful [ˈɑːtful] adjfurbo/a

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He was cruel enough to in- flict the severest punishment, artful enough to de- scend to the lowest trickery, and obdurate enough to be insensible to the voice of a reproving conscience.
An artful cabal in that council would be able to distract and to enervate the whole system of administration.
Now therefore the artful Irregular whom I described above as the real author of this diabolical Bill, determined at one blow to lower the status of the Hierarchy by forcing them to submit to the pollution of Colour, and at the same time to destroy their domestic opportunities of training in the Art of Sight Recognition, so as to enfeeble their intellects by depriving them of their pure and colourless homes.
 
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