Artful — Defs

01 a. Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.

1.
Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.[Archaic]
2.
Artificial; imitative.
3.
Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
“He [was] too artful a writer to set down events in exact historical order.” — Dryden.
4.
Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]
“Artful in speech, in action, and in mind.” — Pope.

“The artful revenge of various animals.” — Darwin.