Artful vs. Shrewd
Artful and Shrewd Definitions
Artful
Exhibiting art or skill
"The furniture is an artful blend of antiques and reproductions" (Michael W. Robbins).
Shrewd
Having or showing a clever awareness or resourcefulness, especially in practical matters.
Artful
Skillful in accomplishing a purpose, especially by the use of cunning or craft.
Shrewd
Disposed to or marked by artful and cunning practices; tricky.
Artful
Artificial.
Shrewd
(Archaic) Sharp; penetrating
A shrewd wind.
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Artful
Characterized by, or performed with, cleverness or contrivance; clever, ingenious.
Shrewd
Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
Artful
Not naturally produced; artificial; imitative.
Shrewd
Artful, tricky or cunning.
Artful
Exhibiting or using much art or skill; dexterous; skilful.
Shrewd
(informal) Streetwise, street-smart.
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Artful
(especially) Skilful at using dishonest or unfair means to achieve a purpose; crafty, cunning.
Shrewd
Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.
Artful
(obsolete) Knowledgeable about the liberal arts; learned, wise.
Shrewd
Nigh accurate.
A shrewd guess
Artful
Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
Shrewd
Severe, intense, hard.
A shrewd blow, or assault
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Artful
Artificial; imitative.
Shrewd
Sharp, snithy, piercing.
A shrewd wind
Artful
Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
He [was] too artful a writer to set down events in exact historical order.
Shrewd
(archaic) Bad, evil, threatening.
Artful
Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]
Artful in speech, in action, and in mind.
The artful revenge of various animals.
Shrewd
(obsolete) Portending, boding.
Artful
Not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness;
An ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time
A disingenuous excuse
Shrewd
(archaic) Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.
Artful
Marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft;
The artful dodger
An artful choice of metaphors
Shrewd
(obsolete) Abusive, shrewish.
Shrewd
(archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.
Shrewd
Inclining to shrew; disposing to curse or scold; hence, vicious; malicious; evil; wicked; mischievous; vexatious; rough; unfair; shrewish.
[Egypt] hath many shrewd havens, because of the great rocks that ben strong and dangerous to pass by.
Every of this happy numberThat have endured shrewd days and nights with us.
Shrewd
Artful; wily; cunning; arch.
These women are shrewd tempters with their tongues.
Shrewd
Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business; astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply.
Professing to despise the ill opinion of mankind creates a shrewd suspicion that we have deserved it.
Shrewd
Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence;
A smart businessman
An astute tenant always reads the small print in a lease
He was too shrewd to go along with them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow
Shrewd
Used of persons;
The most calculating and selfish men in the community
