Associations to the word «Artful»

ARTFUL, adjective. Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.

ARTFUL, adjective. Artificial; imitative.

ARTFUL, adjective. Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.

ARTFUL, adjective. Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]

ARTFUL DODGER, noun. (idiomatic) A crafty person who commits minor crimes or behaves in a rather unscrupulous manner.

ARTFUL DODGER, noun. (set phrase) One who deftly evades obstacles, pursuers, inconveniences, or other difficulties.

ARTFUL DODGER, noun. Alternative form of artful dodger

ARTFUL DODGERS, noun. Plural of artful dodger

ARTFUL PLEADING, noun. (US legal) The filing under state law of a claim naturally arising under federal law.

ARTFUL PLEADINGS, noun. Plural of artful pleading

ARTFUL, adjective. 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".

ARTFUL, adjective. Marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors".