All 8 Uses of
subtle
in
Childhood's End
- 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 *subtler = working in an indirect or hidden way
- The Supervisor did not use those actual words, of course, and the thoughts he really expressed were far more subtle.
Chpt 9 *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
- He had ceased to wonder if the action was wise, for Kareilen's plans were often too subtle for merely human understanding.†
Chpt 2
- 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
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 shade of blue) understated so as not to draw excess attention
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(3)
(subtle as in: a subtle difference or thinker) not obvious, but noticeable with enough insight and knowledge
or:
able to notice or understand things that require insight and sensitivity