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subtlety::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | niceness |
| Type of | difficultness, difficulty |
you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew.
subtlety::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | nicety, nuance, refinement, shade |
| Type of | import, meaning, significance, signification |
Examples of subtlety
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On top of that is the subtlety of casting Edna with a man as opposed to a woman.
From the news-journalonline.com
There's no depth or subtlety here, just the bull rush of movie cops on steroids.
From the news-journalonline.com
They both displayed the subtlety of a moon-mounted laser beam in their innuendo.
From the stltoday.com
I like this subtlety because it's something Martin does constantly in the books.
From the entertainment.time.com
Pixar's 3-D is the gold standard for subtlety and elegance, but are you worried?
From the entertainment.time.com
With mellow melancholy Mr. Guskov brings subtlety to this otherwise broad affair.
From the post-gazette.com
It takes a bold, two-fisted approach and a talent for subtlety to make it play.
From the sacbee.com
Inexplicably, it comes doused in reverb, depleting both its subtlety and power.
From the bloomberg.com
His political intelligence is shaped by ambiguity, subtlety and his warm heart.
From the guardian.co.uk
- 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"
- The quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; "you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew"
- (subtle) 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"
- (subtle) able to make fine distinctions; "a subtle mind"
- (subtle) insidious: working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"
- 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. ...
- (Subtle (music)) 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. ...
- The quality or fact of being subtle; An instance of being subtle, a subtle thing, especially a subtle argument or distinction; An ornate medieval illusion dish or table decoration, especially when made from one thing but crafted to look like another
- (subtle) Hard to grasp; not obvious or easily understood; barely noticeable; Cleverly contrived; Cunning, skillful; insidious; Tenuous; rarefied; of low density or thin consistency
