artfulness
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7.9
- noun
- /ˈɑrtfəlnəs/
:
astucia
- Her artfulness in negotiation helped secure a better deal for the team.
Examples
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Vitanza says, "When changing from 'traditional' to 'hypertext' writing, it is necessary to rely less on randomness and more on artfulness.
Academic text (2001) -
But that's all his craft and artfulness.
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The techniques of disparagement displayed here are quite remarkable in their artfulness, given the fact that the writing is essentially private.
Academic text (2000) -
A work of art such as this embodies in many ways the artfulness of how the Tuareg present themselves to each other and the world.
Academic text (2006) -
Pablo stared at the flat, gray stones, laid with precision and artfulness.
Fiction book (1996) -
There's no room in her manifesto for the artfulness of imitation that was essential to Renaissance poetry.
Academic text (2007) -
And it is part of her own artfulness not to state something so obvious as the care with which she has chosen her language or her long history as a novelist of exquisite sensitivity.
Academic text (2010) -
As I wrote in some detail in my book, Healing the Split (1994), such powerful medicines have serious side effects and must be used with requisite artfulness, even in the most severely psychotic individual.
Academic text (1994) -
Given that most Americans are capable of using language with artfulness and tact, I would hate to think that the rhetorical crudeness of the present Iranian regime could in any manner be attributed to its "Americanization."
Blog text (6) -
The politician demonstrated great artfulness in maneuvering through the debates without revealing too much.
Synonyms
28
4.5
The ability to get what you want by tricking people
16
2.8
Quick thinking that finds smart new ideas and solutions
11
8.1
A clever trick that deceives people or hides the truth
2
7.0
Secret actions that are dishonest or unfair to get what you want
1
5.8
A clever use of tricks to get what you want from others
1
6.0
Doing things quietly to trick people without them noticing
1
8.2
Skill at tricking people to get what you want
1
6.2
A quality of being clever and secretly using tricks to get what you want
1
7.5
Being careful and clever when making decisions about money
Being clever at getting what you want by tricking others
Being clever and able to trick people
Antonyms
How Artful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Artfulness comes from the root art, which means 'skill' or 'craft', just like in artist. So artfulness is the use of skill and clever ideas, and because that skill can be used to trick people, the word can mean cleverness or slyness.