Artfully

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Artfully \Art"ful*ly\, adv.
     In an artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully;
     dexterously; craftily.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  artfully
       adv 1: in an artful manner; "her foot pointed artfully toward
              tapering toes"
       2: in a disingenuous manner; "disingenuously, he asked leading
          questions abut his opponent's work" [syn: {disingenuously}]
       3: in an artful manner; "he craftily arranged to be there when
          the decision was announced"; "had ever circumstances
          conspired so cunningly?" [syn: {craftily}, {cunningly}, {foxily},
           {knavishly}, {slyly}, {trickily}]