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| sub·tle [ sútt'l ] |
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1. slight: slight and not obvious
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2. pleasantly understated: pleasantly delicate and understated
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3. able to make refined judgments: intelligent, experienced, or sensitive enough to make refined judgments and distinctions
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4. ingenious: cleverly indirect and ingenious
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| [14th century. Via Old French sutil< Latin subtilis "fine, thin" < sub tela "beneath the weaving"] |
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  sub·tle·ness noun |
| sub·tly adverb |
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