arty vs artful
Definitions
adjective
- showily imitative of art or artists
Examples
The question, which has been eating at Matthews for several years, is gnawing on him a couple of hours later as he decompresses at a party at Spago in Beverly Hills.
At election time the party needs a lot of voluntary helpers.
I was always a bit arty-crafty.
Definitions
adjective
- marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft
- not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness
Examples
Young people from welfare-dependent single-parent families just aren't artful dodgers ready to graduate into serious crime and a moral vacuum.
Despite the bright blue woodwork, the artfully painted sign, and the Fablon fishes which swim across the display window.
Today such footballing artful dodgers can collectively become a team's 12th man.
