artfully
artfully adverb: in an artful manner.
Adverb
artfully (comparative more artfully, superlative most artfully)
- In an artful manner.
- Artfully pulling the ball back to leave McCleary chasing a lost cause, Sánchez calmly made space for a shot and applied a finish that beat the despairing dives of both Federici and Michael Hector, the latter vainly attempting to recover position when it was too late.2015 April 18, Paul Wilson, “Alexis Sánchez sends Arsenal into final after gallant Reading go the distance”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2021
- According to TikTok, where the trend has more than 30 million views, girl dinner is akin to an aesthetically pleasing Lunchable: an artfully arranged pile of snacks that, when consumed in high enough volume, constitutes a meal.[…]”2023 July 8, Jessica Roy, “Is It a Meal? A Snack? No, It's 'Girl Dinner.'”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2023, retrieved 10 Jul 2023
Examples of artfully in a sentence
- She vamps this month on the cover of British Vogue, a portrait of artfully crafted provocation.
- Food styling is not my forte, but I arranged the sashimi as artfully as I could.
- I'm experimenting with the internym after seeing it so artfully used by others on other newsgroups.
Forms of artfully
| comparative | more artfully |
|---|---|
| superlative | most artfully |
Origin of artfully
From artful + -ly.
Questions about artfully
- What does artfully mean?
- Artfully means in an artful manner.
- What part of speech is artfully?
- Artfully is an adverb.
Words near artfully in the dictionary
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