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1. subtlety
noun. ['ˈsʌtəlti'] a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- sutilté (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- subtilitas (Latin)
Rhymes with Subtlety
- admiralty
- casualty
- casualty
- casualty
- coltie
- cruelty
- cruelty
- difficulty
- difficulty
- disloyalty
- esselte
- faculty
- faulty
- fealty
- fealty
- felty
- frailty
- glotfelty
- hilty
- kampschulte
Sentences with subtlety
1. Noun, singular or mass
These odes are the first to introduce the idea of tranquility and subtlety into the form.
Quotes about subtlety
1. I like very dry humor. I don't like things that are over the top. I like subtlety. I like things that are nonchalant. I like characters that are sort of monotone and based in dark comedy.
- Emily Rios
2. I generally find subtlety a waste of time.
- Cindy Gerard, To the Brink
3. Caius was one of those who gloried in his ignorance, called his lack of letters purity, scorned any subtlety of thought or expression. A man for his time, indeed.
- Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio