subtile
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Recent scientific discoveries have conferred upon man new powers of investigation, whereby nature has been made to reveal secrets so subtile that they never had been dreamt of before in philosophy.
From Scientific American • Jan. 13, 2013
At Paris the Universe is seen, compos’d of Vortices of subtile Matter; but nothing like it is seen in London.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Not by any altruistic agency we may be certain, as we watch the selfish, irritable little beings, but by subtile scent, or as with the vultures, by the jealous watching of each other's actions.
From Jungle Peace by Beebe, William
In investigating the mechanical effects of human action on superficial geography, we are treading on safer ground, and dealing with much less subtile phenomena, less intractable elements.
From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.
Still softly we proceeded to another door within, which I had not discovered, and he touched that too with an air of subtile and still authority.
From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Sheppard, Elizabeth
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
