English adjective: artful | |||
1. | artful not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness | ||
Samples | An ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time. A disingenuous excuse. | ||
Synonyms | disingenuous | ||
Similar | distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted | ||
See also | insincere | ||
Antonyms | artless, ingenuous | ||
2. | artful marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft | ||
Samples | The artful dodger. An artful choice of metaphors. | ||
Similar | crafty, cunning, cute, deep, designing, dodgy, elusive, foxy, guileful, knavish, manipulative, pawky, precious, scheming, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily | ||
See also | adroit | ||
Antonyms | artless | ||