Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an artful manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully; dexterously; craftily.
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- adverb In an
artful manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an artful manner
- adverb in a disingenuous manner
- adverb in an artful manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Blending wood and steel together, artfully, is something to behold.
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Blending wood and steel together, artfully, is something to behold.
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In his Sunday speech to the nation, President Bush once again artfully attempted to suggest a connection between deposing Saddam Hussein and the war on terror that began with the September 11th attacks:
Balkinization 2003
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In his Sunday speech to the nation, President Bush once again artfully attempted to suggest a connection between deposing Saddam Hussein and the war on terror that began with the September 11th attacks:
Balkinization 2003
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They chose their name artfully—cynically, even—appropriating the term the militants used to signify all the social and political ideals they had invested in America’s unexpected and epochal revolution.
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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They chose their name artfully—cynically, even—appropriating the term the militants used to signify all the social and political ideals they had invested in America’s unexpected and epochal revolution.
Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010
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Courtesy The Millicent Rogers Museum Rogers in artfully stacked turquoise cuffs.
Romancing the Stone Alexa Brazilian 2010
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Two came recently: the winningly inventive Opening Ceremony, selling pioneering, quirky international fashion — long black Brazilian capes, finely knitted German undershirts — by designers and manufacturers you’ve almost certainly never heard of; and De Vera, a sort of hyper-curated flea market — a Wunderkammer, really — where necklaces made from ancient intaglios are displayed in artfully crammed vitrines alongside antique opium pipes and Victorian mourning jewelry.
A Bit of Punctuation 2008
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Two came recently: the winningly inventive Opening Ceremony, selling pioneering, quirky international fashion — long black Brazilian capes, finely knitted German undershirts — by designers and manufacturers you’ve almost certainly never heard of; and De Vera, a sort of hyper-curated flea market — a Wunderkammer, really — where necklaces made from ancient intaglios are displayed in artfully crammed vitrines alongside antique opium pipes and Victorian mourning jewelry.
A Bit of Punctuation 2008
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Two came recently: the winningly inventive Opening Ceremony, selling pioneering, quirky international fashion — long black Brazilian capes, finely knitted German undershirts — by designers and manufacturers you’ve almost certainly never heard of; and De Vera, a sort of hyper-curated flea market — a Wunderkammer, really — where necklaces made from ancient intaglios are displayed in artfully crammed vitrines alongside antique opium pipes and Victorian mourning jewelry.
A Bit of Punctuation 2008
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