"artful" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɑːtf(ʊ)l/ [General-American], /ˈɑɹtf(ə)l/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-artful.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more artful [comparative], most artful [superlative]
Etymology: From art (“skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation”) + -ful (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, with the sense of being full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂er-}}, {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|adjective}} adjective, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{suffix|en|art|ful|pos=adjective|pos2=suffix forming adjectives from nouns, with the sense of being full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun|t1=skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation}} art (“skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation”) + -ful (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, with the sense of being full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun) Head templates: {{en-adj}} artful (comparative more artful, superlative most artful)
  1. Characterized by, or performed with, cleverness or contrivance; clever, ingenious. Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-artful-en-adj-QdAIRnCL Disambiguation of Personality: 26 6 3 33 32 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 15 17 25 26 16 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 20 27 29 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 18 29 26 15
  2. Not naturally produced; artificial; imitative.
    Sense id: en-artful-en-adj-FESeUJp1 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 15 17 25 26 16 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 20 27 29 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 18 29 26 15
  3. Exhibiting or using much art or skill; dexterous; skilful. Synonyms: adroit Translations (exhibiting or using much art or skill — see also dexterous, skilful): incə (Azerbaijani), zərif (Azerbaijani), artistique (French), arteiro (Galician), mañoso (Galician), geschickt (German), trickreich (German), abile (Italian), вешт (vešt) (Macedonian), artístico (Portuguese), hábil (Portuguese), diestro (Spanish), hábil (Spanish), habiloso (Spanish), ingenioso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-artful-en-adj-5GCQRmMt Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 15 17 25 26 16 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 20 27 29 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 18 29 26 15 Disambiguation of 'exhibiting or using much art or skill — see also dexterous, skilful': 3 3 80 11 3
  4. (especially) Skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose; crafty, cunning. Tags: especially Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: deceitful, underhand, wily Translations (skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose — see also crafty, cunning): artificieux (French), arteiro (Galician), astuto (Galician), astuto (Italian), ladino (Portuguese), astuto (Portuguese), seòlta (Scottish Gaelic), astuto (Spanish), taimado (Spanish), ladino (Spanish), artero (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-artful-en-adj-LONYRqmo Disambiguation of Personality: 26 6 3 33 32 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 15 17 25 26 16 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 20 27 29 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 18 29 26 15 Disambiguation of 'skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose — see also crafty, cunning': 4 4 19 70 3
  5. (obsolete) Knowledgeable about the liberal arts; learned, wise. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-artful-en-adj-XmX5xu5M Disambiguation of Personality: 26 6 3 33 32 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 15 17 25 26 16 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 20 27 29 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 18 29 26 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: artfull [obsolete] Derived forms: artful dodger, artful pleading, artfully, artfulness, unartful

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    },
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      "word": "artful pleading"
    },
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    }
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        "comparative"
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      "form": "most artful",
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        {
          "ref": "1613 (indicated as 1612), George Wither, “Epithalamion”, in Epithalamia: or, Nuptiall Poems upon the Most Blessed and Happie Mariage betweene the High and Mightie Prince Frederick the Fifth, Count Palatine of the Rhein, Duke of Bauier, &c., And the Most Vertuous, Gracious and Thrice Excellent Princesse, Elizabeth, Sole Daughter to Our Dread Soueraigne, Iames by the Grace of God King of Great Britaine, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.; Celebrated at White-Hall the Fourteenth of Februarie, 1613, London: […] [F. Kingston] for Edward Marchant, […], →OCLC",
          "text": "The nights ſtrange proſpects, made to feede the eyes; / With Artfull fyres, mounted in the skies: / Graced with horred claps of ſulphury thunders; / May make your mind, Iehouahs greater wonders.\nA description of fireworks.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Not naturally produced; artificial; imitative."
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Exhibiting or using much art or skill; dexterous; skilful."
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          "word": "adroit"
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        {
          "ref": "2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-11-15",
          "text": "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.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose; crafty, cunning."
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          "unfair"
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        ],
        [
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        [
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        ],
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          "crafty"
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        [
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          "cunning"
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        "(especially) Skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose; crafty, cunning."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "deceitful"
        },
        {
          "word": "underhand"
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        {
          "word": "wily"
        }
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        "especially"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Knowledgeable about the liberal arts; learned, wise."
      ],
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          "knowledgeable"
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        "(obsolete) Knowledgeable about the liberal arts; learned, wise."
      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈɑːtf(ʊ)l/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑɹtf(ə)l/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "word": "artfull"
    }
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "exhibiting or using much art or skill — see also dexterous, skilful",
      "word": "incə"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "exhibiting or using much art or skill — see also dexterous, skilful",
      "word": "zərif"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "exhibiting or using much art or skill — see also dexterous, skilful",
      "word": "artistique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "exhibiting or using much art or skill — see also dexterous, skilful",
      "word": "arteiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "exhibiting or using much art or skill — see also dexterous, skilful",
      "word": "mañoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exhibiting or using much art or skill — see also dexterous, skilful",
      "word": "geschickt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exhibiting or using much art or skill — see also dexterous, skilful",
      "word": "trickreich"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "exhibiting or using much art or skill — see also dexterous, skilful",
      "word": "abile"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vešt",
      "sense": "exhibiting or using much art or skill — see also dexterous, skilful",
      "word": "вешт"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "exhibiting or using much art or skill — see also dexterous, skilful",
      "word": "artístico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "exhibiting or using much art or skill — see also dexterous, skilful",
      "word": "hábil"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exhibiting or using much art or skill — see also dexterous, skilful",
      "word": "diestro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exhibiting or using much art or skill — see also dexterous, skilful",
      "word": "hábil"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exhibiting or using much art or skill — see also dexterous, skilful",
      "word": "habiloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exhibiting or using much art or skill — see also dexterous, skilful",
      "word": "ingenioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose — see also crafty, cunning",
      "word": "artificieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose — see also crafty, cunning",
      "word": "arteiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose — see also crafty, cunning",
      "word": "astuto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose — see also crafty, cunning",
      "word": "astuto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose — see also crafty, cunning",
      "word": "ladino"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose — see also crafty, cunning",
      "word": "astuto"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose — see also crafty, cunning",
      "word": "seòlta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose — see also crafty, cunning",
      "word": "astuto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose — see also crafty, cunning",
      "word": "taimado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose — see also crafty, cunning",
      "word": "ladino"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose — see also crafty, cunning",
      "word": "artero"
    }
  ],
  "word": "artful"
}

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