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artful definition
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Grep of noun artful artfulness Overview of adj artful The adj artful has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. disingenuous, 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") 2. artful -- (marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors") Antonyms of adj artful 2 senses of artful Sense 1 disingenuous (vs. ingenuous), artful Sense 2 artful (vs. artless) artless (vs. artful) => careless => guileless, honest => naive, unsophisticated Similarity of adj artful 2 senses of artful Sense 1 disingenuous (vs. ingenuous), artful => distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted Also See-> insincere#1 Sense 2 artful (vs. artless) => adroit, clever, ingenious => Byzantine => crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily => cute, precious => deep => designing, scheming => manipulative => pawky => elusive, evasive Also See-> adroit#2 Attributes of adj artful Familiarity of adj artful artful used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj artful artful Overview of adj artful The adj artful has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. disingenuous, 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") 2. artful -- (marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors")
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