subtlety
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noun- 1.
(uncountable) The quality of being subtle.
- 2.
(countable)An instance of being subtle, a subtle thing, especially a subtle argument or distinction.
The subtleties of this overture are often overlooked.
1561, William Whittingham et al. (translators), Geneva Bible, Wisdom of Solomon 8.8, [S]he [Wisdom] knoweth the subtilties of wordes, and the solutions of darke sentences:
Đồng nghĩa: nicety, nuance
- 3.
(countable, historical)An ornate medieval illusion dish or table decoration, especially when made from one thing but crafted to look like another.
At the king's coronation feast, several subtleties were served between main courses.
- 4.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)The quality of being clever in surreptitious or deceitful behaviour; an act or argument that shows this quality.
Đồng nghĩa: artifice, craftiness, cunning, deceitfulness, slyness, trickery
- 5.
(countable, obsolete)A trick that creates a false appearance.
Đồng nghĩa: deception, illusion
- 6.
(obsolete, uncountable)The property of having a low density or thin consistency.
1630, Thomas Johnson (translator/editor), A Treatise of the Plague […] Collected out of the workes of […] Ambrose Parey, London, Chapter 11, p. 33, Therefore at Paris where naturally, and also through the aboundance of filth that is about the Citie, the Aire is darke and grosse, the pestilent Infection is lesse fierce and contagious then it is in Prouince, for the subtletie of the Aire stimulates or helps forward the Plague.
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(obsolete, uncountable)The property of being able to penetrate materials easily.
Đồng nghĩa: penetrancy, piercingness
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From Middle English sotilte, from Old French sutilté, inherited from Latin subtīlitās, from subtīlis (subtle). Equivalent to subtle + -ty. subtility.