artful

English

Alternative forms

artfull (obsolete)

Etymology

art +‎ -ful

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɹt.fʊl/

Adjective

artful (comparative more artful, superlative most artful)

Cunning; tending toward indirect dealings; crafty.
- 2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian‎, archived from the original on 15 November 2016:
  Where the Czech upstart [Lukáš] Rosol, ranked 100 in the world, all but blew [Rafael] Nadal's head off with his blunderbuss in a fifth set of unrivalled intensity on Thursday night, [Julien] Benneteau, a more artful citizen, used a rapier to hurt his vaunted foe before falling just short of a kill. In the end, it was he who staggered from the scene of the fight.
Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
Artificial; imitative.
Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:wily

Derived terms

artful dodger

artfully

artfulness

Translations

cunning, crafty

French: artificieux (fr)
Galician: arteiro (gl), astuto (gl)
Italian: astuto (it)

Portuguese: ladino (pt), astuto (pt)
Scottish Gaelic: seòlta
Spanish: astuto (es), taimado (es), ladino (es), artero (es)

performed with art or skill

French: artistique (fr)
Italian: abile (it)

Portuguese: artístico (pt)
Spanish: diestro (es), ingenioso (es)

artificial, imitative

French: artificiel (fr)

Italian: artificioso (it)

dexterous, skillful

Galician: arteiro (gl), mañoso
German: trickreich (de), geschickt (de)
Italian: abile (it)

Portuguese: hábil (pt)
Spanish: habiloso (es), hábil (es)

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Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} сръчен (bg) (srǎčen), ^{(please verify)} ловък (bg) (lovǎk), ^{(please verify)} изкусен (bg) (izkusen)

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