[
UK
/ˈɑːtfəli/
]
[ US /ˈɑɹtfəɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈɑɹtfəɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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in an artful manner
had ever circumstances conspired so cunningly?
he craftily arranged to be there when the decision was announced -
in a disingenuous manner
disingenuously, he asked leading questions about his opponent's work -
in an artful manner
her foot pointed artfully toward tapering toes
How To Use artfully In A Sentence
- Despite the bright blue woodwork, the artfully painted sign, and the Fablon fishes which swim across the display window. LOOKING FOR THE SPARK
- In a funky setting, explore artfully presented skewered meats, seafood and rice, perfumed with tamarind, coconut milk, anise, chillies, garlic and ginger.
- His golden skin and fair hair were artfully set off by the theatrical costume. A Patchwork Garden: Unexpected Pleasures from a Country Garden
- Independence, admired the Revolution, and then artfully proceeded to depicture the prosperity that Australia would be likely to enjoy, if separated from the mother country, and become a republic. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia
- Men love tumbling curls and artfully tousled hair. The Sun
- People speak sometimes about the "bestial" cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel. Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- This track combines artfully disjointed melodies with low-fi bass, syncopated rhythms, and all the atmosphere of a David Lynch soundtrack.
- It was impossible to associate his remembered almost total uninterest in his surroundings with those chintzy curtains, that hanging basket of trailing ivy and fuchsia over the door of Faith Cottage or the two brightly painted yellow tubs still garish with summer flowers which had been artfully placed one each side of the porch. She Closed Her Eyes
- The fantasy of the undecorated house is Tuesday morning as it is actually lived, not as we would like other people to imagine it; it is the idea of energy, of chaos, of motion, of mess well, mess within very circumscribed and aesthetically pleasing limits: children lying in a pile of books, artfully unmade beds, one piece of clothing strewn across a couch. The Rise of the Personal
- She arranged the quilting materials as artfully as she could, feeling all the while as though she were fashioning a tribute to Mara. SUDDENLY