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subtle (adjective), more subtle, most subtle
1. Pertaining to a process or approach which is cleverly indirect and ingenious: In order to convince his girlfriend to go hiking with him, Jack tried to persuade her in a more subtle way.
2. Descriptive of something so slight as to be difficult to detect or to describe; elusive: Shirley had a subtle smile when Richard told her why he got home so late.
3. Relating to something which is difficult to understand; abstruse: Pam presented an argument whose subtle point was lost by her friend.
4. Concerning the ability to make fine distinctions: Mr. Smart had a very subtle, keen, and perceptive mind and had no problems to grasp the facts presented at the inquiry.
5. Regarding something which is implemented in a hidden, usually injurious way; insidious: Sam happened to eat something at the restaurant which caused him to have a subtle upset stomach.
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2. Descriptive of something so slight as to be difficult to detect or to describe; elusive: Shirley had a subtle smile when Richard told her why he got home so late.
3. Relating to something which is difficult to understand; abstruse: Pam presented an argument whose subtle point was lost by her friend.
4. Concerning the ability to make fine distinctions: Mr. Smart had a very subtle, keen, and perceptive mind and had no problems to grasp the facts presented at the inquiry.
5. Regarding something which is implemented in a hidden, usually injurious way; insidious: Sam happened to eat something at the restaurant which caused him to have a subtle upset stomach.
There must have been some subtle poison in the food the cat found and ate because it died in the evening.
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sub-, suc-, suf-, sug-, sum-, sup-, sur-, sus-, su-
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