adj artful; cunning; crafty.
2. artificial ·adj feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
3. artificial ·adj cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses.
4. artificial ·adj made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers.