Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without art; in an unartful manner; artlessly.
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- adverb In an
unartful manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Readers who learned about this integrity scandal only from The Washington Post today would think that this was just a minor incident designed to correct some misquotations, and that Zinsmeister just handled the situtation "unartfully," to use Tony Snow's word of defense.
Archive 2006-05-01 Glenn Greenwald 2006
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Readers who learned about this integrity scandal only from The Washington Post today would think that this was just a minor incident designed to correct some misquotations, and that Zinsmeister just handled the situtation "unartfully," to use Tony Snow's word of defense.
Karl Zinsmeister should lose his White House job Glenn Greenwald 2006
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What does it mean to you when Reid used the term "unartfully" with regards to his comments.
ModerateVoters.org 2010
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Obama's unartfully expressed ideas about the origins of discontent of those who are struggling in our society were used in the context of how to best reach out and make his (Obama's) value proposition tangible to this group.
Hillary And Obama Camps Duke It Out Over Her Alleged "Screw 'Em" Comment 2009
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It's no wonder we cling to marriage and monogamy as it has been so unartfully defined for us.
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Then he admitted he may have said what he said unartfully and now he's deeply apologized if he's offended anyone.
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Google suggests that unartfully is over 30 times less common than inartfully.
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But, even so, I kind of like what he said, even if he said it unartfully.
Archive 2006-10-29 Sinfonian 2006
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But, even so, I kind of like what he said, even if he said it unartfully.
Kerry grows a pair Sinfonian 2006
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That's the point that David Gregory was trying to make, perhaps unartfully as he fumbled with his microphone.
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