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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Artfulness

Artfulness \Art"ful*ness\, n. The quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft.

Wiktionary
artfulness

n. The quality of being artful or of acting in an artful manner.

WordNet
artfulness

n. the quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage [ant: artlessness]

Usage examples of "artfulness".

Her former lovers had been Frenchmen, more skilled in carrying strong places by assault than in eluding the artfulness of a girl who corked herself up.

Her former lovers had been Frenchmen, more skilled in carrying strong places by assault than in eluding the artfulness of a girl who corked herself up.

We expect to see agency everywhere, and our elaborate ability to ascribe cause and effect, so useful in evolution theory, could lead us to the Argument From Design: such artfulness implies an artist.