Definitions
the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze
Word origin
From Middle English sotilte, from Old French sutilté, inherited from Latin subtīlitās, from subtīlis (“subtle”). Equivalent to subtle + -ty. Doublet of subtility.
Used in a sentence
“the subtlety of the Mona Lisa’s smile”
“[H]e had a lifetime of skill in interpreting his father's gestures: those bent knees meant that something of great subtlety was about to be revealed.”
“the subtlety of a writer’s analysis / of a singer’s phrasing”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
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