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English to English adjective
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Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; -- applied to persons; as, a subtle foe. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze | | Example: his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change
a subtle difference
that elusive thing the soul
source: wordnet30
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able to make fine distinctions | | Example: a subtle mind
source: wordnet30
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working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way | | Example: glaucoma is an insidious disease
a subtle poison
source: wordnet30
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