artful

English

Alternative forms

• artfull (obsolete)

Etymology

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art +‎ -ful

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɹt.fəl/

• Audio (UK):

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Adjective

artful (comparative more artful, superlative most artful)

1. 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^[1], 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.

2. Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
3. Artificial; imitative.
4. 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)
• Interlingue:
• Italian: astuto (it)
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• 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)
• Interlingue: ,
• Italian: abile (it)
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• Portuguese: artístico (pt)
• Spanish: diestro (es), ingenioso (es)

artificial, imitative

• French: artificiel (fr)
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• Interlingue:
• Italian: artificioso (it)

dexterous, skillful

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