Artful

a.	1.	Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
	2.	Artificial; imitative.
	3.	Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful. He [was] too artful a writer to set down events in exact historical order. - Dryden.
	4.	Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.] Artful in speech, in action, and in mind. - Pope. The artful revenge of various animals. - Darwin.

Adj.	1.	artful - 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" Synonyms: disingenuous
	2.	artful - marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors" Antonyms: artless - simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance"

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