Adjective: artful aa(r)t-ful
- Marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft
"the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors"
- Not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
"an ambitious, artful, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time";
- disingenuous
See also: adroit, crafty, cunning, cute, deep, designing, distorted, dodgy [Brit, informal], elusive, foxy, guileful, insincere, knavish, manipulative, misrepresented, pawky [UK, dialect], perverted, precious, scheming, sly, tricksy, tricky, twisted, wily
Antonym: artless
Encyclopedia: Artful