All 6 Uses of
subtle
in
The Screwtape Letters
- If this fails, you must fall back on a subtler misdirection of his intention.†
Chpt 4
- But even if He defeats your first attempt at misdirection, we have a subtler weapon.
Chpt 4 *subtler = more indirect or non-obvious thing or manner that harms
- There is a subtle play of looks and tones and laughs by which a Mortal can imply that he is of the same party is those to whom he is speaking.
Chpt 10 *subtle = slightly noticeable
- Failing this, there is a subtler and more entertaining method.†
Chpt 10
- And it is also to be noted that the Trough sexuality is subtly different in quality from that of the Peak—much less likely to lead to the milk and water phenomenon which the humans call "being in love", much more easily drawn into perversions, much less contaminated by those generous and imaginative and even spiritual concomitants which often render human sexuality so disappointing.†
Chpt 9
- The man who truly and disinterestedly enjoys any one thing in the world, for its own sake, and without caring twopence what other people say about it, is by that very fact fore-armed against some of our subtlest modes of attack.†
Chpt 13 *
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