All 5 Uses of
subtle
in
True Believer, by Sparks
- The editor there convinced him that life in academia would lead nowhere and, with a subtle blend of flattery and rhetoric about chasing the big dream, suggested that Jeremy write a piece about Leffertex, an antidepressant that was currently undergoing stage III clinical trials and was the subject of intense media speculation.†
Chpt 2
- Women like a man who knows how to be subtle.†
Chpt 2
- In the silence, Lexie glanced off to the side, wishing that Rodney wore his feelings with a bit more subtlety.†
Chpt 9 *
- Men like women who know how to be subtle.†
Chpt 14 *
- Women like a man who knows how to be subtle.†
Chpt 22
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