Dictionary definition for: Artful
1. (a) 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"
2. (a) marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger" "an artful choice of metaphors"
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