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subtlety

[suht-l-tee] / ˈsʌt l ti /
NOUN
a fine distinction
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NOUN
delicacy
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Subtlety has never been a Ryan Murphy signature, so not even the food porn in “Grotesquerie” offers a safe harbor.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2024

Subtlety has never been a strong Birch tradition.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2024

Subtlety, in case you couldn’t tell, is not Moshfegh’s strong suit.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2022

It represents the artist Kara Walker, whose installation, “A Subtlety, or the Marvelous Sugar Baby,” had recently opened in the former Domino Sugar compound in Brooklyn.

From New York Times • May 13, 2022

Subtlety of style presupposes, of course, subtlety of thought, and possibly also subtlety of perception.

From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Merwin, Henry Childs




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