subtle
Example Sentences
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While the shifting of hues had been slow and subtle before, the colors were now swirling across the egg in a way that should have been impossible.
From Literature
When Tom Brady called Seattle’s NFC Championship win over the Rams, he was also left in awe of Smith-Njigba’s subtle gifts.
Working with the same one over time will give them the chance to see subtle changes that can signal problems, Brunner says.
But pianist and singer Allen Toussaint, who wrote it—and who composed, arranged and produced hits for an astonishingly broad list of artists—meant it as something subtler.
The result is a subtle but significant rewrite of how consumer commerce works in the world’s largest online retail market.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
