Meanings
comparative more artfully · superlative most artfully
- 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 20231 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
French habilement
- habilementTranslations
Spanish con arte
- con arteTranslations
Cite this entry
artfully. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artfully
“artfully.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artfully. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “artfully,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artfully.
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