ARTFUL

artful. Artful, a. cunning, crafty, dexterous

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Art″ful (�), a. [[From Art.]] 1. 1. Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill. “Artful strains.” “Artful terms.” Milton.
2. 2. Artificial; imitative. Addison.
3. 3. Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
He too artful a writer to set down events in exact historical order. Dryden. 4. 4. Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy.
Artful in speech, in action, and in mind. Pope. The artful revenge of various animals. Darwin. Syn. — Cunning; skillful; adroit; dexterous; crafty; tricky; deceitful; designing. See Cunning.