All 3 Uses of
subtle
in
The Two Towers
- But Saruman had slowly shaped it to his shifting purposes, and made it better. as he thought, being deceived-for all those arts and subtle devices, for which he forsook his former wisdom, and which fondly he imagined were his own. came but from Mordor; so that what he made was naught, only a little copy, a child's model or a slave's flattery, of that vast fortress. armoury, prison, furnace of great power, Barad-dur, the Dark Tower, which suffered no rival, and laughed at flattery,…†
Chpt 3.8
- His knowledge was deep, his thought was subtle, and his hands marvellously skilled; and he had a power over the minds of others.†
Chpt 3.9 *
- Now, Pippin my lad, don't forget Gildor's saying — the one Sam used to quote:_ Do not meddle in the at Fairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger_.'†
Chpt 3.11
Definition:
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(subtle as in: a subtle shade of blue) understated so as not to draw excess attention