Synonyms for artfully

Grammar : Adv

Spell : ahrt-fuh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɑrt fəl

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Définition of artfully

Origin : 1610s, "learned, well-versed in the (liberal) arts," also "characterized by technical skill," from art (n.) + -ful. Meaning "skilled in adapting means to ends" is from 1739. Related: Artfully; artfulness.

As in shrewdly : adv astutely

Example sentences :

"The best proof is the fact itself," replied Heffernan, artfully.
Extract from : « The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

This is why you artfully concealed her name from me until you had won my promise!
Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

I can see that he is artfully intriguing for Mr. Wharton's favor, but I must checkmate him.
Extract from : « The Cash Boy » by Horatio Alger Jr.

“It can be a surprise for Aunt Polly,” suggested Meg artfully.
Extract from : « Four Little Blossoms at Brookside Farm » by Mabel C. Hawley

Or, at least, I would have artfully dissembled my real sentiments.
Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon

Not casting out his milder thoughts, but artfully transforming them.
Extract from : « The Cricket on the Hearth » by Charles Dickens

The apple was so artfully made that the red cheeks alone were poisoned.
Extract from : « Favorite Fairy Tales » by Logan Marshall

But he did it so artfully that it more confirmed them in the good opinion of their choice.
Extract from : « Pirates » by Anonymous

These had been so artfully tied up in bundles that at first the cheat was not perceived.
Extract from : « Captain Cook » by W.H.G. Kingston

That he might never know, for of all subjects, this was the most artfully avoided.
Extract from : « The Loyalist » by James Francis Barrett

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