Both Uses of
subtle
in
The Call of the Wild
- The news of it was borne in upon him, not by sight, or sound, or smell, but by some other and subtler sense.†
Chpt 7
- No longer was this fact borne in upon him in some subtle, mysterious way.†
Chpt 7 *
Definition:
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(subtle as in: a subtle shade of blue) understated so as not to draw excess attention