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  • artful — (adj.) 1610s, learned, well versed in the (liberal) arts, also characterized by technical skill, from ART (Cf. art) (n.) + FUL (Cf. ful). Meaning skilled in adapting means to ends is from 1739. Related: Artfully; artfulness …   Etymology dictionary

  • artful — adjective Date: 1609 1. performed with or showing art or skill < an artful performance on the violin > 2. a. using or characterized by art and skill ; dexterous < an artful prose stylist > b. adroit in attaining an end …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • artful — artfully, adv. artfulness, n. /ahrt feuhl/, adj. 1. slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky: artful schemes. 2. skillful or clever in adapting means to ends; ingenious: an artful choice of metaphors and similes. 3. done with or characterized… …   Universalium

  • artful — /ˈatfəl / (say ahtfuhl) adjective 1. crafty; cunning; tricky: artful schemes. 2. skilful in adapting means to ends; ingenious. –artfully, adverb …  

  • artful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. crafty, wily. See cunning, skill. Ant., slow witted, artless. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Crafty] Syn. shrewd, cunning, wily; see intelligent 1 , sly 1 . 2. [Skillful] Syn. clever, adroit, ingenious; …   English dictionary for students

  • MEANS — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index noun approach, art, go between, mean3, outfit, tactic, ticket, tool, trick, way adjective artful …   English dictionary for students

  • artful — art•ful [[t]ˈɑrt fəl[/t]] adj. 1) slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky 2) skillful or clever in adapting means to ends; ingenious 3) done with or characterized by art or skill 4) archaic artificial • Etymology: 1605–15 art′ful•ly, adv.… …   From formal English to slang

  • insinuate — verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin insinuatus, past participle of insinuare, from in + sinuare to bend, curve, from sinus curve Date: 1529 transitive verb 1. a. to introduce (as an idea) gradually or in a subtle, indirect, or covert way …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • angle — I. /ˈæŋgəl / (say angguhl) noun 1. a. the space within two lines or three planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line. b. the figure so formed. c. the amount of rotation needed to bring one line or… …  

  • angle — angle1 /ang geuhl/, n., v., angled, angling. n. 1. Geom. a. the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line. b. the figure so formed. c. the amount of rotation… …   Universalium

  • evasion — e*va sion ([ e]*v[=a] zh[u^]n), n. [L. evasio: cf. F. [ e]vasion. See {Evade}.] The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding. [1913 Webster] Thou . . . by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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