Subtle is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SUBTLE in dictionary:

ADJECTIVE:
• so slight as to be difficult to detect, also SUBTIL, SUBTILE
• (especially of a change or distinction) so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyse or describe
• (of a mixture or effect) delicately complex and understated
• capable of making fine distinctions
• arranged in an ingenious and elaborate way
• making use of clever and indirect methods to achieve something
• crafty; cunning
• not immediately obvious
• difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
• able to make fine distinctions
• working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way

Words related to SUBTLE

subtil8 subtile9 subtleness12 subtler9 subtlest10 subtly11 suttly9

Words that contain SUBTLE

subtler9 subtlest10 subtlety13 unsubtle10 unsubtler11 oversubtle15 subtleness12 subtleties12 unsubtlest12 supersubtle15 oversubtlety20 subtlenesses14 supersubtlety20 oversubtleties19 supersubtleties19

How to use SUBTLE in a sentence

• A subtle and delicate aroma of coffee and herrings which had escaped from neighbouring breakfast-tables invaded the room and reminded him of an appetite.
• The many cannot but resent that air of lofty intelligence, that pale and subtle smile.
• The marvellous reality and subtle distinctive traits noticeable in her portraits has led Macaulay to call her a prose Shakspere.
• And therefore I doubt not but the temptation was more spiritual, more subtle, and more dangerous.
• In reality, the method is more subtle than they knew.
• Her beautiful head drooped upon his shoulder, her breath was warm upon his cheek, and the subtle scent of her hair was in his nostrils.
• Yet in these, their dark and subtle neighbors, was their only hope.
• The relations in life which are precious to such youth, the intimate, the mystical and subtle ones, get small recognition or expression.
• It is the most subtle and difficult of all the sciences.
• As if touched by a gleam from the lamp, or as if by some subtle interior illumination, the spectre became faintly luminous, and a thin smile seemed to quiver over its features.
• The subtle perfume about her filled him with strange emotions.
• George had never ceased to be courteous, but there was a subtle difference in his manner, in his way of looking at her.
• But the researches of the sages are not confined to such subtle or elegant studies.
• Shiffney was a past mistress in the art of subtle flattery, when she chose to be.
• His own enmity towards those who thwarted him was much more subtle, silent and cautious.
• A new element had entered their intercourse which was due to some subtle change that had passed upon Him.
• Gradually, imperceptibly, the subtle influences of her old life were stealing into her.
• Such a proportion is seen to be both subtle and simple, and possesses the advantage of being easily laid out.
• It is a model of the right use of symbolic motives in frequent recurrence and subtle variation.
• It did not make him love her less, but it changed the character of his love in some subtle way.
• She was eager to hear everything and helped him along with questions, and yet there ran through her very eagerness a subtle inner resistance which the boy felt vaguely.
• By disposition very obviously a poet, working with no subtle or complex processes and without any of the lighter aspects of humor, Mr.

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