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artful

[ ahrt-fuhl ]

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.


artful

/ ˈɑː³ÙŽÚʊ±ô /

adjective

  1. cunning or tricky
  2. skilful in achieving a desired end
  3. archaic.
    characterized by skill or art
  4. archaic.
    artificial
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²¹°ù³ÙŽÚ³Ü±ô±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ²¹°ù³ÙŽÚ³Ü±ô²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹°ù³Ùf³Ü±ô·±ô²â adverb
  • ²¹°ù³Ùf³Ü±ô·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·²¹°ù³Ùf³Ü±ô adjective
  • un·²¹°ù³Ùf³Ü±ô·±ô²â adverb
  • un·²¹°ù³Ùf³Ü±ô·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of artful1

First recorded in 1605–15; art 1 + -ful
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Incessantly, swooping seabirds and crows crowd the sky, following Bailey everywhere, drawing her adoring consideration as subjects of artful phone videos.

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Martha Stewart doesn't do warts, but Cutler edits a wry irony into the artful coverage she dabs on her blemishes, like her refusal to count her marital infidelity as equivalent to that of her husband.

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The artful feature of the work is instead embedded in the installation’s composition.

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Balancing the information download and the levity are artful animations and reading of the Framers’ words debating the intricacies of devising how states’ electors would be designated.

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The costume design really blends with the production design, it’s so artful.

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