artfully

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Aussie guitar duo Royel Otis show up to our interview looking artfully crumpled, beers in hand - but all is not quite what it seems.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

Christmas often inspires visions of perfection: the geometrically precise tree, the artfully arranged mantel, the candlelit feast a flawless tableau.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

In its meta construction, “Invention” artfully deconstructs our thirst for knowledge and how easily we’re swayed, even when we believe we’re the smartest one in the room.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2025

It’s artfully constructed, the kind of meandering where everything has a purpose.

From Salon • Nov. 11, 2025

Thinking of the dinner again—how artfully Mr. Marshall had put everyone at ease.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan