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Webster 1913 Edition


Artfully

Art′ful-ly

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adv.
In an artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully; dexterously; craftily.

Webster 1828 Edition


Artfully

'ARTFULLY

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adv.
With art, or cunning; skillfully; dexterously.

Definition 2024


artfully

artfully

English

Adverb

artfully (comparative more artfully, superlative most artfully)

  1. In an artful manner.
    • 2015, Paul Wilson, Alexis Sánchez sends Arsenal into final after gallant Reading go the distance (in The Guardian, 18 April 2015)
      Artfully pulling the ball back to leave McCleary chasing a lost cause, Sánchez calmly made space for a shot and applied a finish that beat the despairing dives of both Federici and Michael Hector, the latter vainly attempting to recover position when it was too late.