artful

(ärt'fəl)
adj.

1. Exhibiting art or skill: "The furniture is an artful blend of antiques and reproductions" (Michael W. Robbins).
2. Skillful in accomplishing a purpose, especially by the use of cunning or craft.
3. Artificial.

artfully art'ful·ly adv.
artfulness art'ful·ness n.

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adjective

1. Showing art or skill in performing or doing: adroit, deft, dexterous, skillful. See ability/inability, knowledge/ignorance.
2. Deceitfully clever: crafty, cunning, foxy, guileful, scheming, sharp, sly, tricky, wily. See ability/inability, honest/dishonest, means.

adj

Definition: skillful; cunning
Antonyms: artless, ingenuous, naive, unskillful

For a list of words related to artfulness, see:

• Strategy and Tactics - artfulness: skill and cunning in adapting means to ends

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - listig, durkdreven, snu

Nederlands (Dutch)
kundig, gewiekst, goochem

Français (French)
adj. - astucieux, rusé, malin

Deutsch (German)
adj. - durchtrieben

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επιτήδειος, επιδέξιος, πονηρός, δόλιος

Italiano (Italian)
astuto, scaltro, fatto ad arte

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - astuto, hábil, artificial, falso

Русский (Russian)
хитрый, ловкий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ingenioso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - slug, bedräglig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
狡诈的, 狡猾的, 机灵的, 巧妙的, 人工的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 狡詐的, 狡猾的, 機靈的, 巧妙的, 人工的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 교묘한, 솜씨 좋은, 풍부한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ずるい, 狡猾な, 巧妙な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) بارع, صنعي, اصطناعي, ماكر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮פיקחי, ערמומי‬

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