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Artful word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "artful" word

[adjective] marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"
[adjective] 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"
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\Art"ful\, a. [From {Art}.] 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 artful boy. [The usual sense.] 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}.

Synonyms for artful

adroit, Byzantine, clever, crafty, cunning, cute, deep, designing, disingenuous, distorted, dodgy, elusive, evasive, foxy, guileful, ingenious, knavish, manipulative, misrepresented, pawky, perverted, precious, scheming, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, twisted, wily

Antonyms: artless, ingenuous

See also: insincere |

Related terms: ambidextrous, astute, covinous, crooked, cunning, deceitful, doublehearted, duplicitous, false, false-principled, insidious, insincere, Machiavellian, oily, scheming, sharp, snaky, specious, treacherous, tricksy, unfrank, wily

The fun area, different aproach to word »artful«

Let's analyse "artful" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: LUFTRA. Average typing speed for these characters is 1635 milliseconds. [info]

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Morse code: .- .-. - ..-. ..- .-..

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: artful: 1 + 3 = 4, reduced: 4 . and the final result is Four.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: artful: 1 + 9 + 2 + 6 + 3 + 3 = 24, reduced: 6, and the final result is Six.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
A (1) 1 Magician Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
F (1) 6 Lovers Practical, Faithful, Organizer
L (1) 12 Hanged Man Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
R (1) 18 Moon Patient, Determined, Strong
T (1) 20 Judgement Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful
U (1) 21 World Gifted, Generous, Bountiful

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