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artful    音标拼音: ['ɑrtfəl]
a. 巧妙的,狡猾的

巧妙的,狡猾的

artful
adj 1: not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance
of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine,
and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most
disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a
disingenuous excuse" [synonym: {disingenuous}, {artful}]
[ant: {artless}, {ingenuous}]
2: marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with
cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of
metaphors" [ant: {artless}]

Artful \Art"ful\, a. [From {Art}.]
1. Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
[Archaic] "Artful strains." "Artful terms." --Milton.
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2. Artificial; imitative. --Addison.
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3. Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance;
dexterous; skillful.
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He [was] too artful a writer to set down events in
exact historical order. --Dryden.
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4. Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing;
crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]
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Artful in speech, in action, and in mind. --Pope.
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The artful revenge of various animals. --Darwin.
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Syn: Cunning; skillful; adroit; dexterous; crafty; tricky;
deceitful; designing. See {Cunning}.
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96 Moby Thesaurus words for "artful":
Byzantine, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, adroit,
ambidextrous, arch, astute, cagey, calculating, canny, chiseling,
clever, collusive, covinous, crafty, crooked, cunning, cute,
deceitful, deep, deep-laid, designing, devious, dexterous,
diplomatic, dishonest, disingenuous, double, double-dealing,
double-faced, double-minded, double-tongued, doublehearted,
duplicitous, facile, faithless, false, false-principled,
falsehearted, feline, finagling, forsworn, foxy, fraudulent,
furtive, guileful, indirect, ingenious, insidious, insincere,
inventive, knowing, oily, pawky, perfidious, perjured, politic,
ready, resourceful, scheming, serpentine, sharp, shifty, shrewd,
slick, slippery, sly, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sophistical, specious,
stealthy, strategic, suave, subtile, subtle, superficial, supple,
surreptitious, tactical, treacherous, trickish, tricksy, tricky,
two-faced, uncandid, underhand, underhanded, unfrank, unsincere,
untruthful, vulpine, wary, wily


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  • ARTFUL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    A writer may produce an artful piece of prose, one that's clearly and elegantly written The same writer might also make an artful argument, one that cleverly leaves out certain details and plays up others so as to make a stronger case
  • ARTFUL Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    ARTFUL definition: slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky See examples of artful used in a sentence
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  • ARTFUL definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
    If you describe someone as artful, you mean that they are clever and skillful at achieving what they want, especially by deceiving people Some politicians have realized that there are more artful ways of subduing people than shooting or jailing them
  • artful adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
    Definition of artful adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
  • artful - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    Adjective artful (comparative more artful, superlative most artful) Characterized by, or performed with, cleverness or contrivance; clever, ingenious
  • Artful - definition of artful by The Free Dictionary
    Define artful artful synonyms, artful pronunciation, artful translation, English dictionary definition of artful adj 1 Exhibiting art or skill: "The furniture is an artful blend of antiques and reproductions"
  • artful, adj. ( n. ) meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English . . .
    There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective artful, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
  • Artful - Definition, Meaning, and Examples in English
    In various cultures, being called artful is a compliment, demonstrating mastery in art forms such as dance, painting, and storytelling Different forms of art, from street performances to modern installations, showcase how 'artful' can apply across diverse cultures and expressions
  • Artful - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
    To be artful is to do something skillfully, especially in a cunning way A con man must be artful To be an artist requires skill and talent: it's not easy to make art Similarly, doing something in an artful way takes skill A chess player is artful in escaping an opponent's attack





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