Definition of artful

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Artful (a.) Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful..

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Designing :: Designing (a.) Intriguing; artful; scheming; as, a designing man..
Subtly :: Subtly (adv.) In a subtle manner; slyly; artfully; cunningly.
Artifice :: Artifice (n.) Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [Now the usual meaning.].
Wily :: Wily (superl.) Full of wiles, tricks, or stratagems; using craft or stratagem to accomplish a purpose; mischievously artful; subtle..
Artful :: Artful (a.) Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful..
Artificial :: Artificial (a.) Artful; cunning; crafty.
Dodge :: Dodge (n.) The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a cunning trick; an artifice..
Scheming :: Scheming (a.) Given to forming schemes; artful; intriguing.
Practice :: Practice (n.) Skillful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; art; stratagem; artifice; plot; -- usually in a bad sense.
Practitioner :: Practitioner (n.) A sly or artful person.
Sly :: Sly (v. t.) Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
File :: File (n.) A shrewd or artful person.
Artificer :: Artificer (n.) A cunning or artful fellow.
Knowing :: Knowing (a.) Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal..
Artful :: Artful (a.) Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.].
Sly :: Sly (v. t.) Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick..
Manage :: Manage (n.) Hence: Esp., to guide by careful or delicate treatment; to wield with address; to make subservient by artful conduct; to bring around cunningly to one's plans..
Chicane :: Chicane (n.) The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry..
Mystery :: Mystery (a.) Anything artfully made difficult; an enigma.
Artist :: Artist (n.) An artful person; a schemer.
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