What are all the exact meanings of the word 'subtle'?
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#69211. Asked by caNdylicious. (Aug 03 06 4:07 AM)
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So slight as to be difficult to detect or describe; elusive: a subtle smile.
Difficult to understand; abstruse: an argument whose subtle point was lost on her opponent.
Able to make fine distinctions: a subtle mind.
Characterized by skill or ingenuity; clever.
Crafty or sly; devious.
Operating in a hidden, usually injurious way; insidious: a subtle poison.
adj
1: be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that elusive thing the soul" [syn: elusive]
2: faint and difficult to analyze; "subtle aromas"
3: able to make fine distinctions; "a subtle mind"
4: working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison" [syn: insidious, pernicious]
Every answer word contains the letters ALL. Another word is put around these letters to make another word. The two words are defined in each clue in no particular order. e.g. wager on dance show = BALLET (BET on ALL)
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