Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ART'FUL
ART'FUL, n. [See Art.]
- Performed with art or skill. – Dryden.
- Artificial, as opposed to natural. – Johnson.
- Cunning; practicing art, or stratagem; crafty; as, an artful boy. [This is the most usual sense.]
- Proceeding from art or craft; as, an artful scheme.
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