[ UK /sˈʌtə‍lti/ ]
[ US /ˈsətəɫti/ ]
NOUN
  1. the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze
    you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew
  2. a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
    don't argue about shades of meaning
    without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor
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How To Use subtlety In A Sentence

  • I think that while full-on female displays will evoke an easy and instinctual hormone rush -- which, as I said, might be a good complement to a melee brawl -- most intelligent people will agree that some sort of subtlety in sexuality is appealing on more levels simultaneously. Archive 2008-02-01
  • But this subtlety is swept aside in performances that are simply too hard-driven.
  • Perhaps he went for his speed and energy as it can't be for his subtlety. The Sun
  • Are there effluvia analogous to what we call odour: effluvia of extreme subtlety, absolutely imperceptible to us, yet capable of stimulating a sense-organ far more sensitive than our own? Social Life in the Insect World
  • The subtlety of the fragmentary relics of ancient hominid fossil evidence was astonishing.
  • Introspective interiorization and psychological subtlety are the inevitable by-products. The Times Literary Supplement
  • At the very least, a VS store is a few steps above the Indian "hosiery" store where storekeeprs would shout "Ei namaa to opor theke ekta aath-threesh boudir jonne" (Ei throw down a 38 for "boudi" here) with all the subtlety of Shatabdi Express and where Gopal ganjee Random Thoughts of a Demented Mind
  • A new way of imagining the song glimmers and vanishes before the chorus, as the subdued arrangement loses its subtlety and its way.
  • At least there was now some quality in the hitting, even if subtlety remained notably absent.
  • The numerous space and controlled organisations of poetic colours lend subtlety to his part collage-part paintings.
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