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.
The security police quickly squelched an extremely rare public demonstration demanding political reform on Monday, the 41st anniversary of the Baath Party's seizure of power here.
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.
