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单词 unartful
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unartfuladj.

Etymology: un- prefix1 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈartful.
1.
a. Not artificial or contrived; artless.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > not contrived or artificial
unartificial1603
artless1622
unarted1628
inartificial1656
unartful1670
unaffected1712
unstrained1748
unmannered1804
unschooled1815
wilding1884
1670 J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest iii. 32 I'm sure unartful truth lies open In her mind, as Crystal streams their sandy bottom show.
1693 W. Congreve tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xi. 228 A chearful Sweetness, in his Looks he has, And Innocence unartful in his Face.
1713 Guard. No. 127 Crt. Venus 70 Unartful Tears, and hectick Looks, that show With silent Eloquence the Lover's Woe.
1763 Falconer Fond Lover 14 Since all her thoughts by sense refined, Unartful truth express.
1820 W. Tooke tr. Lucian Lucian of Samosata I. 147 Much less can it be affirmed, that it [sc. spunging] is an unartful art.
1899 A. W. Verrall in A. C. Benson Life of E. W. Benson I. 219 The same delightful and unartful arts were displayed.
b. Free from artifice or cunning.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > artless, guileless, or innocent
simple?c1225
innocenta1382
simple-hearted?c1425
unsubtlea1500
indolec1550
naïfc1598
sacklessa1600
plain-hearted1601
unnooked1602
unguileful1604
onefold1606
naivea1614
innocentious1624
innocential1628
excuseless1640
uncrafty1647
craftless1650
ingenuousa1662
innocentive1661
unartful1703
artless1714
ingénue1848
blue-eyed1903
1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent ii. ii. 596 This Son, if Fame mistakes not, is more hot, More open, and unartful.
2.
a. Displaying no technical skill; inartistic.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > unskilled in art or craft > not displaying technical skill
unartificial1591
inartificial1609
unartful1675
unartistlike1757
skilless1830
1675 E. Cocker Morals 49 Rashness draws crooked and unartful Lines.
1703 J. Savage tr. Select Coll. Lett. Antients ix. 52 Beneath this humble Roof he stood, and this plain unartful Floor supported him.
1712 R. Blackmore Creation iii. 118 So full of Faults is all th' unartful Frame.
1759 O. Goldsmith Bee 3 Nov. 155 To have almost every personage on the scene almost of the same character..was unartful in the poet to the last degree.
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Nov. 4/2 Prose which borrows in a manner pleasant enough in result, and by no means unartful, the more obvious and seductive attractions of verse.
b. Of persons: Unskilful, maladroit. rare.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective]
craftlessOE
unslyc1275
unexperta1425
incrafty?1520
imperite?1550
unskilful1565
skilless1573
artless1586
inexpert1598
unarted1603
boisterous1609
unhandsomea1616
unwieldy1666
unartful1683
undexterous1688
unaccomplished1709
not so (also not too) hot1845
rotten1867
one-fingered1868
button pushing1896
1683 A. Behn Young King ii. iii. 24 I am a man, whose martial disposition Renders unartful in my Language.
1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe II. 82 A swift and sure Contempt succeeds upon what-ever the unartful Husband shall happen to do after.

Derivatives

unˈartfully adv.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb]
uncraftily1519
unexpertly1565
unskilfully1565
ill1579
fumblingly1598
unskilly1648
unartfully1724
inexpertly1822
1724 J. Swift Some Observ. Wood's Half-pence 30 The Report, which although it be not unartfully drawn,..yet there was no great Skill required to detect the many Mistakes..in it.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. ii. 21 Matts of Straw, not unartfully made.
1793 Minstrel III. 137 I discovered a door, not unartfully concealed by some rude chizeling in the rock.
1840 W. M. Thackeray Pict. Rhapsody 116 This plan has been not unartfully contrived.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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