artful, adj.
marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft
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artful
sample sentences
"the artful dodger""an artful choice of metaphors"
semantic pointers
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similar to
not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
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artful disingenuous
sample sentences
"an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time"- David Cannadine"a disingenuous excuse"
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derivationally related form