Associations to the word «Artful»
Noun
- Melody
- Laughter
- Ambition
- Glance
- Countenance
- Mischief
- Humor
- Arrangement
- Ambush
- Wit
- Sharp
- Blend
- Rebecca
- Severity
- Beauty
- Cheek
- Sally
- Praise
- Slang
- Nancy
- Promise
- Charm
- Dj
- Composition
- Presentation
- Creature
- Dear
- Sentiment
- Herman
- Confidence
- Lyric
- Insight
- Escape
- Combination
- Balance
- Mistress
- Fool
- Maid
- Craft
- Landscape
- Character
- Passion
- Collaboration
- Representation
- Ain
- Tune
- Gown
- Enemy
Adjective
Wiktionary
ARTFUL, adjective. Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
ARTFUL, adjective. Artificial; imitative.
ARTFUL, adjective. Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
ARTFUL, adjective. Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]
ARTFUL DODGER, noun. (idiomatic) A crafty person who commits minor crimes or behaves in a rather unscrupulous manner.
ARTFUL DODGER, noun. (set phrase) One who deftly evades obstacles, pursuers, inconveniences, or other difficulties.
ARTFUL DODGER, noun. Alternative form of artful dodger
ARTFUL DODGERS, noun. Plural of artful dodger
ARTFUL PLEADING, noun. (US legal) The filing under state law of a claim naturally arising under federal law.
ARTFUL PLEADINGS, noun. Plural of artful pleading
Dictionary definition
ARTFUL, adjective. 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".
ARTFUL, adjective. Marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors".
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.