artfulness

• Nom désignant la qualité d'être habile, ingénieux ou adroit, souvent d'une manière qui implique un avantage déloyal ou de la ruse.

A noun referring to the quality of being clever, skillful, or adroit, often in a way that involves taking unfair advantage or using cunning.

indénombrable

1. Cunning or SlynessC1formal

   The quality of being clever and skilled at taking unfair advantage of others, often through deception or trickery.

   Ruse, fourberie

   • The politician's artfulness allowed him to manipulate public opinion.
   • She used her artfulness to get a better deal than anyone else.
   • His artfulness in negotiations was both admired and feared.

   Synonymeschicanerycraftinesscunningdeceitdeviousnessduplicityguileslynesstrickerywiliness

   Antonymescandorforthrightnessfranknesshonestyingenuousnessnaiveteopennesssinceritytruthfulness

2. Skillful DeceptionC1formal

   The ability to achieve goals through clever, often dishonest, methods.

   Duplicité habile

   • The con artist's artfulness fooled even the most cautious investors.
   • He relied on artfulness rather than hard work to climb the corporate ladder.
   • Her artfulness in crafting misleading arguments was remarkable.

   Synonymeschicanerycraftinesscunningdeceitduplicityguileslynesssubterfugetrickerywiliness

   Antonymescandorfranknesshonestysincerity