Emily Dickinson Lexicon

ART'FUL, n. [See Art.]

1. Performed with art or skill. – Dryden.
2. Artificial, as opposed to natural. – Johnson.
3. Cunning; practicing art, or stratagem; crafty; as, an artful boy. [This is the most usual sense.]
4. Proceeding from art or craft; as, an artful scheme.