Marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft.
Not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness.
1 Allow the artful Dodge, for example, to explain his onfield decision-making role.
2 Unfortunately for the party, no Liberal leader since has been so artful .
3 The style is excellent, simple, unaffected; the method admirable, artful , and judicious.
4 Her thoughts ran violently in the direction suggested by the artful letter.
5 The images come across as cool, dispassionate documentations rather than artful inventions.
6 People were very artful when they made hiding places in those days.
7 Ahead on the left was the first artful pile of shipping containers.
8 The home was an artful Craftsman design, two windows glowing with light.
9 He proceeded in his purpose after a more artful and covert manner.
10 She is either the most artful , or the most noble of women.
11 We saw no indication of the artful management which characterizes most conventions.
12 It is not now the time for little contrivances, or artful politics.
13 This proceeding Sampson and I considered to be very artful and ingenious.
14 Acting on it he asked, with an artful appearance of friendly interest:
15 There are just something even the most artful of dodgers can't escape.
16 His first uneasy thought was that it was a very artful move.
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