Adjectives

(a)disingenuous, artfulnot straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness“an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time” (David Cannadine), “a disingenuous excuse”
(a)artfulmarked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft“the artful dodger”, “an artful choice of metaphors”