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artful
(encz) | artful,důmyslný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
artful
(encz) | artful,rafinovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Artful
(gcide) | Artful \Art"ful\, a. [From Art.]
1. Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
[Archaic] "Artful strains." "Artful terms." --Milton.
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2. Artificial; imitative. --Addison.
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3. 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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4. 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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artful
(wn) | artful
adj 1: not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance
of frankness; "an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine,
and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most
disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine; "a
disingenuous excuse" [syn: disingenuous, artful]
[ant: artless, ingenuous]
2: marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with
cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of
metaphors" [ant: artless] |
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artfully
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artfulness
(encz) | artfulness,rafinovanost Pavel Cvrčekartfulness,vychytralost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Artful
(gcide) | Artful \Art"ful\, a. [From Art.]
1. Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
[Archaic] "Artful strains." "Artful terms." --Milton.
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2. Artificial; imitative. --Addison.
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3. 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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4. 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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Artfully
(gcide) | Artfully \Art"ful*ly\, adv.
In an artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully;
dexterously; craftily.
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Artfulness
(gcide) | Artfulness \Art"ful*ness\, n.
The quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft.
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Startful
(gcide) | Startful \Start"ful\ (st[aum]rt"f[.u]l), a.
Apt to start; skittish. [R.]
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Startfulness
(gcide) | Startfulness \Start"ful*ness\, n.
Aptness to start. [R.]
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unartful
(gcide) | unartful \un*art"ful\, a.
Lacking art or skill; artless. --Congreve. --
Un*art"ful*ly, adv. --Swift. --Burke.
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Unartfully
(gcide) | unartful \un*art"ful\, a.
Lacking art or skill; artless. --Congreve. --
Un*art"ful*ly, adv. --Swift. --Burke.
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artfully
(wn) | artfully
adv 1: in an artful manner; "her foot pointed artfully toward
tapering toes"
2: in a disingenuous manner; "disingenuously, he asked leading
questions abut his opponent's work" [syn: disingenuously,
artfully]
3: in an artful manner; "he craftily arranged to be there when
the decision was announced"; "had ever circumstances
conspired so cunningly?" [syn: craftily, cunningly,
foxily, knavishly, slyly, trickily, artfully] |
artfulness
(wn) | artfulness
n 1: the quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage
[ant: artlessness] |
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