supersubtle

James himself once described his complicated, nuanced characters as supersubtle fry.

Henry James' Heroine: 'Portrait' Of A Complex Lady 2010

Make all the money thou canst: if sanctimony and a frail vow betwixt an erring barbarian and a supersubtle Venetian not too hard for my wits and all the tribe of hell, thou shalt enjoy her; therefore make money.

Othello, the Moore of Venice 2004

'Complex' does not necessarily mean arcane or supersubtle or

The Principles of English Versification Paull Franklin Baum

This latter case may be accounted for in two ways: sometimes a reader is supersubtle and imagines embellishments that do not exist; and sometimes the poet builds better than he knows.

The Principles of English Versification Paull Franklin Baum

If sanctimony and a frail vow betwixt an erring barbarian and a supersubtle Venetian be not too hard for my wits and all the tribe of hell, thou shalt enjoy her; therefore make money.

Act I. Scene III. Othello, the Moor of Venice 1914

This may be regarded as a supersubtle distinction; but it is necessary if we are to understand the important fact about Morris that -- to quote Mr. Compton-Rickett -- "human nature in the concrete never profoundly interested him."

The Art of Letters Robert Lynd 1914

Behind that changeless mask, as in a safe retreat, the supersubtle devil that was the man might plot destruction and plan the laying of dreadful mines.

To Have and to Hold Mary Johnston 1903

Looking about among the very best _clichés_ (my own and others) -- "supersubtle analysis," "intimate psychology," "masterly handling," "incomparable artistry" -- I found nothing that it didn't seem

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 Various 1898

During the last half-century textual, aesthetic, and biographical criticism has been pursued in Germany with unflagging industry and energy; and although laboured and supersubtle theorising characterises much German aesthetic criticism, its mass and variety testify to the impressiveness of the appeal that Shakespeare's work has made to the

A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892

The perception of this high result caused Mrs. Assingham fairly to flush with responsive joy; she glittered at her young friend, from moment to moment, quite feverishly; it was positively as if her young friend had, in some marvellous, sudden, supersubtle way, become a source of succour to herself, become beautifully, divinely retributive.

The Golden Bowl — Complete Henry James 1879