Definitions for subtlety

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subtlety sub·tle·ty

Spelling: [suht-l-tee]

IPA: /ˈsʌt l ti/

Subtlety is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 189 anagrams from letters in subtlety (belsttuy).

Definitions for subtlety

noun

1. the state or quality of being subtle.
2. delicacy or nicety of character or meaning.
3. acuteness or penetration of mind; delicacy of discrimination.
4. a fine-drawn distinction; refinement of reasoning:
5. something subtle.
6. History/Historical. an elaborate confection, ornate in construction and ornamentation, sometimes edible but more often made and used as a decoration for a table or buffet.

Origin of subtlety

1300-50; Middle English subtelte, sutilte Old French sutilte Latin subtīlitāt- (stem of subtīlitās) fineness, equivalent to subtīli(s) subtile + -tāt- Examples for subtlety

If the emperor say, 'You are speaking of Macedonius; I see your subtlety.

Karl had not the subtlety to retort, “Ay, but does it say what we like?”

Without context, subtlety, and commentary, a parody begins to look eerily like the scenario it is attempting to skewer.

They bestowed upon him every beauty of person and every subtlety of wit.

But Nicki doesn't just tell us she has a big, fat, ass—that would lack craft and subtlety.

He has none of the subtlety and nuance of black conservative academics such as Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams.

And this notion of his was not any proof of want of subtlety on his part.

Political or not, shown in New York or Budapest, it is a worthy achievement composed with taste and subtlety.

However, if the man worked with subtlety, the sea likewise worked with subtlety.

This is all done with the subtlety of someone wielding a jackhammer.