All 4 Uses of
subtle
in
The Time Machine
- It appears incredible to me that any kind of trick, however subtly conceived and however adroitly done, could have been played upon us under these conditions.†
Chpt 1
- The fact is, the Time Traveller was one of those men who are too clever to be believed: you never felt that you saw all round him; you always suspected some subtle reserve, some ingenuity in ambush, behind his lucid frankness.†
Chpt 2
- Hardship and freedom: conditions under which the active, strong, and subtle survive and the weaker go to the wall; conditions that put a premium upon the loyal alliance of capable men, upon self-restraint, patience, and decision.†
Chpt 4
- Either I missed some subtle point or their language was excessively simple—almost exclusively composed of concrete substantives and verbs.†
Chpt 5 *
Definition:
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(subtle as in: a subtle shade of blue) understated so as not to draw excess attention