All 8 Uses of
subtle
in
Childhood's End
- He had ceased to wonder if the action was wise, for Kareilen's plans were often too subtle for merely human understanding.†
Chpt 2
- Not necessarily through any deliberate act, but in a subtler fashion.†
Chpt 2
- You can call it a paralysis, but it's much subtler than that.†
Chpt 3
- Karellen's senses were no subtler than Man's.†
Chpt 4 *
- But behind that display of sleeping force were other and much subtler weapons.
Chpt 6 (definition 1) *subtler = working in an indirect or hidden way
- Jet reaction, used both directly and in the more subtle form of boundary layer control, drove his flyers forward and held them in the air.†
Chpt 6
- The Supervisor did not use those actual words, of course, and the thoughts he really expressed were far more subtle.
Chpt 9 (definition 2) *subtle = difficult to understand -- often due to slight distinctions
- There are other, subtler laws, first glimpsed in the early twentieth century by mathematicians such as Weiner and Rashavesky.†
Chpt 15
Definitions:
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(1) (subtle as in: a subtle poison) working in an indirect or hidden way
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(2) (subtle as in: a subtle difference or thinker) not obvious, but understandable by someone with adequate sensitivity and relevant knowledge (perhaps depending upon fine distinctions)
or:
capable of understanding things that require sensitivity and relevant knowledge (perhaps understanding fine distinctions)
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(subtle as in: a subtle shade of blue) understated so as not to draw excess attention