artfully

artfully

English

Etymology

    From artful + -ly.

    Adverb

    artfully (comparative more artfully, superlative most artfully)

    1. In an artful manner.
      • 2015 April 18, Paul Wilson, “Alexis Sánchez sends Arsenal into final after gallant Reading go the distance”, in The Guardian[1], archived from the original on 12 June 2021:
        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.
      • 2023 July 8, Jessica Roy, “Is It a Meal? A Snack? No, It's 'Girl Dinner.'”, in The New York Times[2], archived from the original on 1 August 2023, retrieved 10 July 2023:
        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. []

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