artful
adjective
slyly crafty or cunning; deceitful; tricky.
artfulness
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a word derived from
artful.
Example Sentences
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The pleasure here is less in the story than in the Fleischers’ artfulness in rendering such moments as Superman deploying his cape to shield Lois Lane from an oncoming rush of lava.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
As one who had seen the play, I experienced, again, all my original amazement at the intricacy and artfulness of Jerome Robbins’ gravity-defying choreography — but this was still “theater.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
One yearns for subtlety, or just about any artfulness, in “Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really,” Rorschach Theatre’s awful production of Kate Hamill’s heavy-handed script.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022
"Outer Range" wears its artfulness on its sleeve.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2022
I could tell much of the artfulness of the donkey-boys.
From Cities of the Dawn by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
