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subtlety definitions
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1perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy; adj. subtle: delicate; so slight as to be difficult to detect; able to make fine distinctions; clever; ex. subtle mind/differences in meaning30 sets
2delicacy14 sets
3perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy8 sets
4delicateness8 sets
5the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze6 sets
6something not obvious6 sets
7n. quality of being subtle4 sets
8n. perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy3 sets
9keen perception of fine distinctions a fine distinction2 sets
10small details2 sets
11n. /精明;稀薄;微妙/perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy. never obvious, she expressed herself with such subtlety that her remarks went right over the heads of most of her audience. subtle,adj.2 sets
12nuance2 sets
13delicate distinction2 sets
14sutileza2 sets
15something so slight that only a clever or well-educated person can see it; the quality of being subtle2 sets
16n. something so slight that only clever or well-educated person can see it; the quality of being subtle2 sets
17nicety; cunning; guile; delicacy2 sets
18perceptiveness,ingenuity,delicacy1 set
19understatement, sophistication,cunning1 set
20n.稀薄, 微妙, 精明1 set
21something so slight that only a clever or well-educated person can see it; the quality of beig subtloe1 set
22n., the state of being delicate in meaning or intent; mysterious1 set
23quality or state of being subtle1 set
24keen perception of fine distinctions; a fine distinction. skillfulness at deceiving others.1 set
25somthing not obvious1 set
26tact1 set
27understatement; 2. propensity for understatement; 3. sophistication; 4. cunning1 set
28state of seeing small differences among things1 set
29perceptiveness ingenuity delicacy1 set
30discrete1 set
31subtlety – (n) something not obvious. a distinction that is difficult to make but is important.1 set
32keen perception of fine distinctions; a fine distinction; skillfulness at deceiving.1 set
33skillfulness at deceiving others1 set
34keen perception or fine distinctions; a fine distinction. skillfulness at deceiving others1 set
35a faint quality that is nearly impossible to percieve, something that is difficult to solve or understand1 set
36subtilité1 set
37small but important1 set
38n. keen perception of fine distinctions; a fine distinction or skillfulness at deceiving others1 set
39a fine distinction1 set
40the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; "you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew"1 set