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subtlety
noun as in a fine distinction
Strongest match
Strong matches
noun as in delicacy
Strong match
Example Sentences
Throughout the museum, scholarship was diminished and subtleties disappeared.
Roe and Nechita, who don’t play their roles with any subtlety.
Another review said Roy explores urban alienation with "remarkable subtlety", praising her deliberately slow, observational style of filming which allows the "emotional terrain" of the characters to emerge with clarity.
Working this way requires a deep sensitivity to subtlety, to decay, resonance, extremes, and to how sound lives after it’s been struck.
Already, Tipping is as allergic to subtlety as a forward pass right down the middle on the 50-yard line — or whatever football play would be a really obvious one.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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