SUBTLE as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • faint and difficult to analyze
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    • subtle aromas
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  2. Meaning
    • working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
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    • glaucoma is an insidious disease
    • a subtle poison
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  3. Meaning
    • be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
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    • his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change
    • a subtle difference
    • that elusive thing the soul
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  4. Meaning
    • able to make fine distinctions
    Usage Example(s)
    • a subtle mind
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