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subtle::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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| Synonyms | elusive |
his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change.
a subtle difference.
subtle::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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a subtle mind.
Examples of subtle
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The color is very subtle and gives lips a sheer blush that looks really natural.
From the sacbee.com
A more subtle problem is the way the bankruptcy code protects secured creditors.
From the businessweek.com
Michelle Obama wears the subtle, neutral colors that are best for the workplace.
From the latimes.com
He possessed the most subtle intuitions and fathomed the mysteries of the world.
From the online.wsj.com
However it came about, this subtle, technical tweak was extremely consequential.
From the forbes.com
It's less subtle, and by less subtle we mean they just scream very loudly a lot.
From the hecklerspray.com
Sometimes the curator's intervention is so subtle that you could easily miss it.
From the telegraph.co.uk
There are a few other, more subtle, pitfalls for the anonymous tweeter to avoid.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Are they picking up on subtle indicators of success, or just kidding themselves?
From the newscientist.com
- Elusive: difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul"
- Able to make fine distinctions; "a subtle mind"
- Insidious: working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"
- (subtlety) nuance: a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude; "without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"
- (subtlety) the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; "you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew"
- (subtly) in a subtle manner; "late nineteenth-century French opera at its most beautiful, subtly romantic with a twilight melancholy"
- Subtle is a music group consisting of Adam Drucker, Jeffrey Logan, Dax Pierson, Jordan Dalrymple, Alexander Kort, and Marty Dowers. Although both Adam (also known as 'Doseone') and Jeff (also known as 'Jel') have strong ties to the anticon. music collective, Subtle is not on the Anticon roster. ...
- (Subtlety) An entremet (or entremets, from Old French, literally meaning "between servings") is in modern French cuisine a small dish served between courses or simply a dessert. ...
- Hard to grasp; not obvious or easily understood; barely noticeable; Cleverly contrived; Cunning, skillful; insidious; Tenuous; rarefied; of low density or thin consistency
