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subtlety

[ suht-l-tee ]

noun

plural subtleties.
  1. the state or quality of being subtle.
  2. delicacy or nicety of character or meaning.
  3. acuteness or penetration of mind; delicacy of discrimination.
  4. a fine-drawn distinction; refinement of reasoning:

    the subtleties of logic.

  5. something subtle.
  6. History/Historical. an elaborate confection, ornate in construction and ornamentation, sometimes edible but more often made and used as a decoration for a table or buffet.


subtlety

/ 藞蝉蕦迟蓹濒迟瑟 /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being subtle; delicacy
  2. a fine distinction or the ability to make such a distinction
  3. something subtle
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 丑测顎卲别谤路蝉耻产顎僼濒别路迟测 noun
  • 苍辞苍路蝉耻产顎僼濒别路迟测 noun plural nonsubtleties
  • 辞顎僾别谤路蝉耻产顎僼濒别路迟测 noun plural oversubtleties
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of subtlety1

First recorded in 1300鈥50; Middle English subtelte, sutilte, from Old French sutilte, from Latin 蝉耻产迟墨濒颈迟腻迟-, stem of 蝉耻产迟墨濒颈迟腻蝉 鈥渇ineness,鈥 equivalent to 蝉耻产迟墨濒颈(蝉) 鈥渇ine, slender鈥 ( subtile ) + -ty 2
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鈥淭he Golden Hour鈥 is an attempt to preserve ambiguity and strangeness in the face of a culture that鈥檚 strangled subtlety.

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Kaitlyn鈥檚 mother was an immigrant from Vietnam 鈥 scrappy and apparently well-versed in the subtleties of the IRS鈥 cash deposit policy.

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The science of asymptomatic transmission is related to subtleties of the host-pathogen interaction and, in particular, to features that differ from one individual to another.

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The range of expression required from him on 鈥淒ennis the Menace鈥 was not wide, and subtlety was never the point of the show.

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Donald Trump strode into the Rose Garden Wednesday with the elegance and subtlety of a sledgehammer.

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