- plural of subtlety.
subtleties
Example Sentences
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By simply telling us that compassion is possible without depicting the subtleties of human growth, “I Swear” functions more like an educational drama than a portrait of how to make real-life change.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
Few 20th-century writers bred as many imitators as Ernest Hemingway, but his followers rarely matched the subtleties of his deceptively simple style.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
In a chat with his brother Graeme for the Football Association before he left United in 2018, Carrick himself explained the subtleties of a "great pass".
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
Throughout the museum, scholarship was diminished and subtleties disappeared.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
I stopped conversing with my dogs, and I believe that subtleties of feeling began to disappear until finally I was on a pleasure-pain basis.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
