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# artfully

«artfully» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a clever, sly way, often to get what you want without…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Artfully means in a clever, sly way, often to get what you want without anyone noticing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artfully/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a sly character speaks artfully to trick someone

### examples

- He artfully hid the sweets so that no one could find them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artfully/#x1)
- The fox artfully asked the hen to fetch the corn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artfully/#x2)
- She artfully changed the subject. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artfully/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «artfully» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/artfully/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.