To be artful is to do something skillfully, especially in a cunning way. A con man must be artful.
Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
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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Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
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Artificial; imitative.
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Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance;
dexterous; skillful.
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Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing;
crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]
Artful
He [was] too artful a writer to set down events in exact historical order.4.
Artful in speech, in action, and in mind.
The artful revenge of various animals.
Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
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