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subtle
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The Darkest Minds
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- There was a subtle limp to her walk, maybe, but if I hadn't known what had happened, I would have just assumed she was coming in from a long afternoon of working in the Garden.
p. 33.8 *subtle = not obvious, but noticeable if you look carefully
- "Most people are going to have a hard enough time accepting that we're not monsters, without reports about us maiming innocent people," Clancy said. "So, please, keep spreading the black. Keep using the symbol. Just . . . try for some subtlety."
p. 358.9subtlety = something that is not obvious, but noticeable by someone with adequate sensitivity and relevant knowledge
- His shoulders were no longer bunched up with tension, and when he tilted his head toward me, I saw it for the subtle invitation it was.†
p. 255.9
- It was easy enough to find the action—two hundred—odd kids gathered around a raging bonfire to eat wasn't exactly subtle.†
p. 339.4
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
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able to notice or understand things that require insight and sensitivity - (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)