subtle
IPA: sˈʌtʌɫ
adjective
- Hard to grasp; not obvious or easily understood.
- Barely noticeable, not obvious, indistinct.
- (of a thing) Cleverly contrived.
- (of a person or animal) Cunning, skillful.
- Insidious.
- Tenuous; rarefied; of low density or thin consistency.
- (obsolete) Refined; exquisite.
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Examples of "subtle" in Sentences
- Why are you trying to be subtle
- It is clear, a chaos, subtle and diaphanous.
- Contralto and alto have a subtle difference.
- The techniques involved are ingenious and subtle.
- I think the subtle difference is in the function.
- In fact, the difference between the two is subtle.
- The difference between a wolf and a dog is subtle.
- The narrator is observant and subtle, but skeptical.
- Some of the vandalism is especially insidious and subtle.
- I imagine in subtle ways, the race/cultural background shows up.
- A more subtle undercurrent in Seascape is the idea of alienation.
- Never before in all my life had I heard a boy use the word subtle.
- I think that “the five” nudged the “humans” who they were in subtle ways toward some desired ends.
- I am really talking about two intertwined strands--which I referred to as the subtle/subversive body earlier.
- GUPTA: Gregory O'Gara says when his kids are out of control, he sometimes uses what he calls a subtle smack or a whack.
- We heard the defense lawyers in this particular case make a case for the state here having what they call a subtle case here.
- But what they like most, Ms. Gary suspects, is that almost all ropes have been removed from rooms in the mansion, eliminating what she describes as a subtle but powerful negative.
- I'm not attributing any of these intentions to you, but only here making the point that very often the worst bias-ism comes in subtle packages that most of us just swallow hook, line, and sinker, often in the guish of political correctness.
- In his report to the Security Council, Moreno-Ocampo said hundreds of civilians were killed during the last six months in Darfur, while thousands more were forcefully displaced and more than 2.5 million people are suffering what he called a subtle form of genocide through rape and fear.
- It was not that when she tried to be what she called subtle (for wasn't Limbert subtle, and wasn't I?) her fond consumers, bless them, didn't suspect the trick nor show what they thought of it: they straightway rose on the contrary to the morsel she had hoped to hold too high, and, making but a big, cheerful bite of it, wagged their great collective tail artlessly for more.