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Definition of subtle:
- Sly; cunning; artful; acute; insinuating; wily.
Synonyms:
pestilent, nice, clear-sighted, invisible, bejeweled, tough, penetrating, suggestive, inconspicuous, subliminal, subtile, discerning, hairsplitting, guileful, inward, embossed, delicate, wise, problematic, hidden, impalpable, unclear, deadly, illusive, airy, cute, indistinct, perceptive, precise, exquisite, nuanced, fuzzy, discriminating, elusive, big, insidious, sagacious, keen, cagey, discreet, beguiling, imperceptible, faint, I/you/she etc. would never guess, feeble, beaded, emblazoned, hairline, unobtrusive, harmful, perspicacious, refined, academic, ill-defined, problematical, dodgy, minute, pernicious, baneful, decorative, knotty, bedecked, baffling, chintzy, Clever, dainty, acute, bright, underlying, knowing, undetected, able, inferred, finespun, delicately, mental, busy, blurred, penetrative.
- precise (part of speech: adjective)
- cunning (part of speech: adjective)
- subtle (part of speech: adjective)
- wispy (part of speech: adjective)
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witty (part of speech: adjective)
- foxy,
- brilliant,
- droll,
- funny,
- dry,
- sparkling,
- sly,
- astute,
- waggish,
- sophisticated,
- facetious,
- wily,
- tricky,
- sharp,
- joking,
- canny,
- resourceful,
- urbane,
- witty,
- adroit,
- comical,
- pithy,
- ingenious,
- scurrilous,
- sarcastic,
- intelligent,
- jocular,
- clever,
- quick,
- cunning,
- crafty,
- pointed,
- smart,
- shrewd,
- quick-witted,
- artful,
- inventive,
- scintillating,
- deft
Usage examples:
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Mrs. Porter- Strangeways indicated her companion by some subtle means of her own.
- "The Grell Mystery", Frank Froest. -
She answered him very gently, with a subtle note of apology in her voice; but yet, as it seemed to him, from rather far away.
- "Harvest", Mrs. Humphry Ward. -
Was the subtle change in him as well as in her?
- "The Nest of the Sparrowhawk", Baroness Orczy.