Usually means: Cleverly skillful and aesthetically pleasing.
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  1. artful: Merriam-Webster
  2. artful: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. artful: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. artful: Collins English Dictionary
  5. artful: Vocabulary.com
  6. Artful, artful: Wordnik
  7. artful: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. artful: Wiktionary
  9. artful: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. artful: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. artful: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Artful, artful: Dictionary.com
  13. artful: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. artful: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Artful: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. artful: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. artful: Rhymezone
  18. artful: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. artful: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. artful: FreeDictionary.org
  21. artful: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. artful: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. artful: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  24. artful: Merriam-Webster

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  1. artful: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (artful)

▸ adjective:  Characterized by, or performed with, cleverness or contrivance; clever, ingenious.
▸ adjective:  Not naturally produced; artificial; imitative.
▸ adjective:  Exhibiting or using much art or skill; dexterous; skilful.
▸ adjective:  (especially) Skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose; crafty, cunning.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Knowledgeable about the liberal arts; learned, wise.

Similar:
crafty, cunning, sly, designing, clever, guileful, scheming, tricksy, wily, ingenious, more...

Opposite:
unartful, unskilled, clumsy, awkward, inept

Types:
artful dodger, artful knave, artful dodge, artful stroke, more...

Phrases:
Artful Dodger, as artful as a cartload of monkeys, as artful as a wagonload of monkeys, The Artful Escape, artful dodge, more...

Adjectives:
least, french, own, most, fiendish, precious

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Similar:
crafty, cunning, sly, designing, clever, guileful, scheming, tricksy, wily, ingenious, more...

Opposite:
unartful, unskilled, clumsy, awkward, inept

Types:
artful dodger, artful knave, artful dodge, artful stroke, more...

Phrases:
Artful Dodger, as artful as a cartload of monkeys, as artful as a wagonload of monkeys, The Artful Escape, artful dodge, most artful, artful move, not artful, in an artful manner, any artful dodger, more...

Adjectives:
least, french, own, most, fiendish, precious

Colors:
    cerulean,     vermilion,     chartreuse,     indigo,     saffron, more...



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