資料來源 : pyDict
巧妙的,狡猾的
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Artful \Art"ful\, a. [From {Art}.]
1. Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
[Archaic] ``Artful strains.'' ``Artful terms.'' --Milton.
2. Artificial; imitative. --Addison.
3. Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance;
dexterous; skillful.
He [was] too artful a writer to set down events in
exact historical order. --Dryden.
4. Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing;
crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]
Artful in speech, in action, and in mind. --Pope.
The artful revenge of various animals. --Darwin.
Syn: Cunning; skillful; adroit; dexterous; crafty; tricky;
deceitful; designing. See {Cunning}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
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}]