Art·ful·ly, adv. In an artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully; dexterously; craftily.
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artfully
adv 1: in an artful manner; "her foot pointed artfully toward
tapering toes"
2: in a disingenuous manner; "disingenuously, he asked leading
questions abut his opponent's work" [syn: disingenuously]
3: in an artful manner; "he craftily arranged to be there when
the decision was announced"; "had ever circumstances
conspired so cunningly?" [syn: craftily, cunningly, foxily,
knavishly, slyly, trickily]