Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Subtileness or subtleness; the quality of being subtile or subtle. Also
subtlety . - noun A fine-drawn distinction; a nicety. Also
subtlety .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Subtilty.
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- noun obsolete
Cunning ,craftiness . - noun obsolete A cunning
scheme ; atrick , acon . - noun Excessive
refinement of argument;casuistry . - noun A convoluted or
refined argument . - noun
Fineness ;subtlety .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Such a subtility is a dear proof of the falshood, as the contrary simplicity of the truth, of any system.
A Treatise of Human Nature David Hume 1743
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Such a subtility is a dear proof of the falshood, as the contrary simplicity of the truth, of any system.
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Such a subtility is a dear proof of the falshood, as the contrary simplicity of the truth, of any system.
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+ The fourth quality is "subtility", by which the body becomes subject to the absolute dominion of the soul.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913
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The movie has been out in France for quite a few months and even if the story is lacking any subtility (but who cares) you have to admit that the action delivers big time!
Liam Neeson Returns in a New Trailer for Taken! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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Yeah, my translation back into English might not pick up all the subtility of the phrase.
Lanarius - person who does stuff with wool Penny 2009
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I went, and by smooth words, and a piece of money, got him to come into the house with me; where, in the presence of divers people, I demanded of him several astrological questions, which he answered with great subtility, and through all his discourse carried it with a cunning much beyond his years, which seemed not to exceed ten or eleven.
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I was not very much pleased at this account of Hume, for I had just been reading, with infinite relish, that completest of all metaphysical choke-pears, his Treatise on Human Nature, to which the Essays, in point of scholastic subtility and close reasoning are mere elegant trifling, light summer reading.
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I was not very much pleased at this account of Hume, for I had just been reading, with infinite relish, that completest of all metaphysical choke-pears, his Treatise on Human Nature, to which the Essays, in point of scholastic subtility and close reasoning are mere elegant trifling, light summer reading.
Archive 2005-12-01 2005
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If you want to create a tool that is widely used, implementing categories, keywords and tags will confuse most users, and even most of your readers surely don't grasp the subtility of the differences between your categories, your keywords and your tags.
Plugin Idea: Weighted Tags by Category — Climb to the Stars 2005
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