subtlety

[US]/'sʌt(ə)ltɪ/
[UK]/'sʌtlti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. delicacy; acuteness; cleverness.

Example Sentences

the textural subtlety of Degas.

subtlety is not his métier.

the survey shows subtlety and penetration.

the subtleties of English grammar.

a concert performance cannot reproduce all the subtleties of a recording.

I think the translator missed some of the subtleties of the original.

under his sledgehammer direction, anything of subtlety is swamped.

A pencil board will have to be drawn boldly so that the subtleties of design will not be lost in xeroxing.

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