Both Uses of
nuance
in
Atonement, by Ian McEwan
- The indistinct murmur of voices heard through a carpeted floor surpassed in clarity a typed-up transcript; a conversation that penetrated a wall or, better, two walls, came stripped of all but its essential twists and nuances.†
Chpt 1 *nuances = subtle differences
- What she meant was rather more complex than what everyone else so eagerly understood, and her moments of unease came when she felt that she could not express these nuances.†
Chpt 1
Definition:
a subtle difference (a minor difference not obvious or important to most people)