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subtle

/'s/@/t/-/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; -- applied to persons; as, a <i>subtle</i> foe.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze

    adj.all

    Examples
    His whole attitude had undergone a subtle change.
    A subtle difference.
    Synonyms elusive

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. able to make fine distinctions

    adj.all

    Examples
    A subtle mind.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

    adj.all

    Examples
    A subtle poison.
    Synonyms insidious pernicious

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

subtilitysubtilizationsubtilizesubtilizersubtiltysubtitlesubtlenesssubtletysubtlysubtonicsubtopiasubtorrid

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