ARTFUL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft
   Usage Example(s)
   • the artful dodger
   • an artful choice of metaphors
   Antonym(s)
   • artless (what does artless mean?)
   Similar To
   • adroit (what does adroit mean?)
   • clever (what does clever mean?)
   • ingenious (what does ingenious mean?)
   • Byzantine (what does Byzantine mean?)
   • crafty (what does crafty mean?)
   • cunning (what does cunning mean?)
   • dodgy (what does dodgy mean?)
   • foxy (what does foxy mean?)
   • guileful (what does guileful mean?)
   • knavish (what does knavish mean?)
   • slick (what does slick mean?)
   • sly (what does sly mean?)
   • tricksy (what does tricksy mean?)
   • tricky (what does tricky mean?)
   • wily (what does wily mean?)
   • cute (what does cute mean?)
   • precious (what does precious mean?)
   • deep (what does deep mean?)
   • designing (what does designing mean?)
   • scheming (what does scheming mean?)
   • manipulative (what does manipulative mean?)
   • pawky (what does pawky mean?)
   • elusive (what does elusive mean?)
   • evasive (what does evasive mean?)
   See Also
   • adroit (what does adroit mean?)
2. Meaning
   • not straightforward or candid
   • giving a false appearance of frankness
   Synonym(s)
   • disingenuous (what does disingenuous mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who…exemplified…the most disagreeable traits of his time- David Cannadine
   • a disingenuous excuse
   Antonym(s)
   • ingenuous (what does ingenuous mean?)
   • artless (what does artless mean?)
   Similar To
   • distorted (what does distorted mean?)
   • misrepresented (what does misrepresented mean?)
   • perverted (what does perverted mean?)
   • twisted (what does twisted mean?)
   See Also
   • insincere (what does insincere mean?)