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Artful vs Sagacious - What's the difference?

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Artful is a related term of sagacious.


As adjectives the difference between artful and sagacious

is that artful is performed with, or characterized by, art or skill while sagacious is having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.

artful

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
  • Artificial; imitative.
  • Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
  • Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]
  • *{{quote-news, year=2012
  • , date=June 29 , author=Kevin Mitchell , title=Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=Where the Czech upstart Rosol, ranked 100 in the world, all but blew Nadal's head off with his blunderbuss in a fifth set of unrivalled intensity on Thursday night, Benneteau, a more artful citizen, used a rapier to hurt his vaunted foe before falling just short of a kill. In the end, it was he who staggered from the scene of the fight. }}

    Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * artful dodger * artfully * artfulness

    sagacious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.
  • Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * sagaciously * sagaciousness

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