Definition of artful

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

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Unartful :: Unartful (a.) Lacking art or skill; artless.
Craftily :: Craftily (adv.) With craft; artfully; cunningly.
Practic :: Practic (a.) Artful; deceitful; skillful.
Foxlike :: Foxlike (a.) Resembling a fox in his characteristic qualities; cunning; artful; foxy.
Artful :: Artful (a.) Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful..
Versute :: Versute (a.) Crafty; wily; cunning; artful.
Artfulness :: Artfulness (n.) The quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft.
Legerdemain :: Legerdemain (n.) Sleight of hand; a trick of sleight of hand; hence, any artful deception or trick..
Curious :: Curious (a.) Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.
Politic :: Politic (a.) Sagacious in promoting a policy; ingenious in devising and advancing a system of management; devoted to a scheme or system rather than to a principle; hence, in a good sense, wise; prudent; sagacious; and in a bad sense, artful; unscrupulous; cunning; -- said of persons..
Quaint :: Quaint (a.) Prudent; wise; hence, crafty; artful; wily..
Politics :: Politics (n.) The management of a political party; the conduct and contests of parties with reference to political measures or the administration of public affairs; the advancement of candidates to office; in a bad sense, artful or dishonest management to secure the success of political candidates or parties; political trickery..
Subtiliate :: Subtile (a.) Sly; artful; cunning; crafty; subtle; as, a subtile person; a subtile adversary; a subtile scheme..
Sleight :: Sleight (n.) Cunning; craft; artful practice.
Single :: Single (a.) Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
Mystery :: Mystery (a.) Anything artfully made difficult; an enigma.
Sleight :: Sleight (n.) An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
Politically :: Politically (adv.) Politicly; artfully.
Paraleipsis :: Paraleipsis (n.) A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice..
Artful :: Artful (a.) Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.].
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