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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: artful (0.02446 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to artful.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: artful
banyak akal, cerdik, licik
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: artful
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]
[ant:
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Artful
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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