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Webster 1913 Edition
Artful
1.
Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
[Archaic]
“Artful strains.” “Artful terms.” Milton.
2.
Artificial; imitative.
Addison.
3.
Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
He [was] too
artful
a writer to set down events in exact historical order. Dryden.
4.
Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty;
as, an
. [The usual sense.] artful
boyArtful
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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Artful
ARTFUL
,Adj.
1.
Performed with art or skill.2.
Artificial, as opposed to natural3.
Cunning; practicing art, or stratagem; crafty; as an artful boy. [This is the most usual sense.]4.
Proceeding from art or craft; as an artful scheme.