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   Artful , a. [From Art.]
   Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill. [Archaic] “Artful strains.” “Artful terms.”  
   Milton.
   
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   Artificial; imitative.
   Addison.
   
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   Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
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   He [was] too artful a writer to set down events in exact historical order.
   Dryden.
   
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   Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]
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   Artful in speech, in action, and in mind.
   Pope.
   
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   The artful revenge of various animals.
   Darwin.
   
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   Syn. -- Cunning; skillful; adroit; dexterous; crafty; tricky; deceitful; designing. See Cunning.
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