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subtle
adjective as in nice, quiet, delicate
Strongest matches
exquisite, faint, indirect, ingenious, profound, slight, sophisticated, understated
Weak matches
attenuate, attenuated, deep, discriminating, ethereal, fine, finespun, hairline, hairsplitting, illusive, implied, inconspicuous, indistinct, inferred, insinuated, mental, penetrating, refined, suggestive, tenuous, thin
adjective as in clever, cunning
Example Sentences
It lent a subtle, savory funk — the kind that hums beneath the cheese rather than shouting over it.
There were subtle changes in the market, however, and they turned up in Burry’s e-mail in-box.
But there were always subtle clues and it was important to read them.
He said the older sibling had picked "really subtle, non-verbal cues" from the family, and had adopted their cultural ways.
Antisemitism masquerading as anti-Zionism became perhaps subtler, but its stench remained, its ultimate objectives unchanged.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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