artfully

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adverb

In an artful manner.

UncommonScrabble 14

Meanings

adverbartfully (comparative more artfully, superlative most artfully)

comparative more artfully · superlative most artfully

  1. In an artful manner.

    According to TikTok, where the trend has more than 30 million views, girl dinner is akin to an aesthetically pleasing Lunchable: an artfully arranged pile of snacks that, when consumed in high enough volume, constitutes a meal.[…]”

    2023 July 8, Jessica Roy, “Is It a Meal? A Snack? No, It's 'Girl Dinner.'”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2023, retrieved 10 Jul 2023
    1 more example

    Artfully pulling the ball back to leave McCleary chasing a lost cause, Sánchez calmly made space for a shot and applied a finish that beat the despairing dives of both Federici and Michael Hector, the latter vainly attempting to recover position when it was too late.

    2015 April 18, Paul Wilson, “Alexis Sánchez sends Arsenal into final after gallant Reading go the distance”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2021

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin a disingenuous manner

adverbin an subtle, cunning manner

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

French habilement
  • habilementTranslations
Spanish con arte
  • con arteTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

artfully. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artfully

MLA

“artfully.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artfully. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “artfully,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artfully.

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