[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The quality of being artful; skill, dexterity; craftiness.
1715. Cheyne, Philos. Princ. Relig., I. (ed. 2), 235–6 (J.). Let us consider, with how much Artfulness his Bulk and Situation, in respect of the Planets, is contriv’d.
1874. Black, Pr. Thule, 19. The artfulness with which he reaches some little result.
