subtle
Example Sentences
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Initially, “Father Mother Sister Brother” appears to be similar, but there’s a cumulative power to the movie, which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, that reveals a subtle but profound thematic undercurrent.
From Los Angeles Times
"In the future, we can use our formalism to consider more subtle problems in quantum thermodynamics," says Daniel.
From Science Daily
Giorgio Armani, the designer and business titan who brought subtle Italian luxury to the world stage and conquered Hollywood, died Sept. 4 at 91.
Most great art, of course, possesses subtle inner metaphors, but sometimes I prefer them to be explicit.
The allegations against Sun amounted to a subtle kind of foreign influence rather than spying or espionage.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
