Meaning of ARTFULNESS
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| Definition: | | [n] the quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage |
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| Antonyms: | | artlessness | |
| See Also: | | cunning, disingenuousness | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Art"ful*ness\, n.
The quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft.
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| Related Terms: | | ability, acuteness, address, adeptness, adroitness, affectation, affectedness, airmanship, animal cunning, art, artifice, artificiality, artisanship, artistry, astuteness, bravura, brilliance, cageyness, callidity, canniness, capability, capacity, cleverness, command, competence, control, coordination, craft, craftiness, craftsmanship, credibility gap, cunning, cunningness, deceit, deceitfulness, deftness, deviousness, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, disingenuousness, duplicity, efficiency, euphemism, euphuism, expertise, facility, falseheartedness, falseness, fine Italian hand, finesse, forswearing, foxiness, fraud, furtiveness, gamesmanship, Gongorism, grace, grip, guile, guilefulness, handiness, horsemanship, hyperelegance, hypocrisy, indirection, ingeniousness, ingenuity, insidiousness, insincerity, intrigue, inventiveness, Italian hand, know-how, low cunning, manneredness, mannerism, marksmanship, mastership, mastery, one-upmanship, overelaboration, overelegance, overniceness, overrefinement, pawkiness, perjury, practical ability, preciosity, preciousness, pretentiousness, proficiency, prowess, purism, quickness, readiness, resource, resourcefulness, satanic cunning, savoir-faire, savvy, seamanship, sharp practice, sharpness, shiftiness, shrewdness, skill, skillfulness, slickness, slipperiness, slyness, sneak attack, sneakiness, sophistry, stealth, stealthiness, style, subtility, subtilty, subtleness, subtlety, suppleness, surreptitiousness, tact, tactfulness, technical brilliance, technical mastery, technical skill, technique, timing, treacherousness, trickiness, uncandidness, uncandor, underhandedness, unfrankness, unnaturalness, unsincereness, untruthfulness, virtuosity, wariness, wiles, wiliness, wit, wizardry, workmanship |
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