English Dictionary

artful

/ˈɑːtf(ʊ)l/

adj

Characterized by, or performed with, cleverness or contrivance; clever, ingenious. / Not naturally produced; artificial; imitative. / Exhibiting or using much art or skill; dexterous; skilful.

She created an artful masterpiece that captivated everyone.

意味（1）

Characterized by, or performed with, cleverness or contrivance; clever, ingenious.

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.

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. A description of fireworks.

意味（2）

Not naturally produced; artificial; imitative.

Some of this Artfull coulour now I want, / Which from the Muses I desire to borrow, / In Melancholly Priam to dispaint / The perfect Image and true face of Sorrow, […]

意味（3）

Exhibiting or using much art or skill; dexterous; skilful.

[W]e, in changed ſhapes, act Ovid's tales, / […] / Then vvill I haue thee in more moderne formes, / Attired like ſome ſprightly dame of France, / Braue Tuſcan lady, or proud Spaniſh beauty; / Sometimes, vnto the Perſian Sophies vvife; / Or the grand-Signiors miſtreſſe; and, for change, / To one of our moſt art-full courtizans, […]

意味（4）

(by extension) Skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose; crafty, cunning.

Here, again, were shadows on the window-blind of guests assembling; and there a group of handsome girls, all hooded and fur-booted, and all chattering at once, tripped lightly off to some near neighbour's house; where, wo upon the single man who saw them enter—artful witches: well they knew it—in a glow!

意味（5）

(obsolete) Knowledgeable about the liberal arts; learned, wise.