[art.ful] adj (1615) 1: performed with or showing art or skill "an ~ performance on the violin"
2. a: using or characterized by art and skill: dexterous "an ~ prose stylist" b: adroit in attaining an end often by insinuating or indirect means: wily "an ~ cross-examiner"
3: artificial "trim walks and ~ bowers --William Wordsworth" syn see sly -- art.ful.ly adv -- art.ful.ness n