Synonyms for artfully
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : ahrt-fuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɑrt fəl |
Top 10 synonyms for artfully Other synonyms for the word artfully
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
- "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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