subtle

subtle
1. a тонкий, нежный

subtle perfume — нежный запах

subtle nuance — нежный оттенок

subtle theorem — тонкая теорема

2. a острый, проницательный

subtle policy — умная политика

subtle mind — острый ум

subtle senses — обострённые чувства

3. a трудно уловимый, едва различимый

subtle distinction — тонкое различие

4. a таинственный

subtle power — таинственная сила

5. a искусный, умелый, ловкий

subtle device — хитроумное приспособление

6. a утончённый, изысканный

subtle delight — утончённое наслаждение

7. a хитрый, коварный; изворотливый

subtle enemy — коварный враг

8. a действующий исподтишка, незаметно

subtle poisons — медленно действующие яды

9. a ненасыщенный; негустой
Синонимический ряд:
1. abstruse (adj.) abstruse; complex; deceptive; elusive; implied; indirect; inferred; insinuated; suggestive
2. discriminating (adj.) apt; astute; discriminating; keen; perspicacious; shrewd; skillful; sophisticated
3. faint (adj.) faint; filmy; intricate; slender; slight; understated
4. fine (adj.) delicate; fine; finespun; hairline; hairsplitting; nice; refined
5. logical (adj.) analytic; analytical; logical; ratiocinative
6. sly (adj.) artful; crafty; cunning; deep; foxy; full of artifice; guileful; insidious; sly; subdolous; tricky; vulpine; wily
7. thin (adj.) attenuate; attenuated; rare; rarefied; subtile; tenuous; thin
Антонимический ряд:
blatant; guileless; obvious; undiscerning

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  • Subtle — Sub tle, a. [Compar. {Subtler}; superl. {Subtlest}.] [OE. sotil, subtil, OF. soutil, later subtil, F. subtil, L. subtilis; probably, originally, woven fine, and fr. sub under + tela a web, fr. texere to weave. See {Text}, and cf. {Subtile}.] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • subtle — [sut′ l] adj. subtler [sut′lər, sut′ l ər] subtlest [ME sotil < OFr soutil < L subtilis, fine, thin, precise, orig., closely woven < sub (see SUB ) + tela, web < * texla < texere, to weave: see TECHNIC] 1. thin; rare; tenuous; not… …   English World dictionary

  • Subtle — est un groupe composé par Adam Drucker, Jeffrey Logan, Dax Pierson, Jordan Dalrymple, Alexander Kort, et Marty Dowers. Bien que Adam (alias Doseone) et Jeffrey (alias Jel) soient signés sur anticon., le groupe Subtle ne fait pas partie du… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Subtle — may refer to:*Subtle, a musical group consisting of members of the anticon. hip hop collective *Doctor Subtilis, John Duns Scotus *Subtle body, an idea in mysticism * The Subtle Knife , a novel by Philip Pullman and the second book in the trilogy …   Wikipedia

  • subtle — [adj1] nice, quiet, delicate attenuate, attenuated, deep, discriminating, ethereal, exquisite, faint, fine, finespun, hairline, hairsplitting, illusive, implied, inconspicuous, indirect, indistinct, inferred, ingenious, insinuated, mental,… …   New thesaurus

  • subtle — ► ADJECTIVE (subtler, subtlest) 1) so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyse or describe. 2) capable of making fine distinctions. 3) delicately complex and understated: subtle lighting. 4) making use of clever and indirect methods to… …   English terms dictionary

  • subtle — I (insidious) adjective canny, contriving, crafty, cunning, deceitful, deceptive, designing, feline, guileful, illusive, implied, indistinct, inferred, insinuated, intriguing, serpentine, shifty, shrewd, sly, sophistical, stealthy, tricky,… …   Law dictionary

  • subtle — c.1300, sutel, soutil, in ref. to things, of thin consistency; in ref. to craftsmen, skilled, clever, from O.Fr. soutil, from L. subtilis fine, thin, delicate, finely woven, from sub under (see SUB (Cf. sub )) + tilis, from tela web and texere …   Etymology dictionary

  • subtle — *logical, analytical Analogous words: penetrating, piercing, probing (see ENTER): *deep, profound: abstruse, *recondite Antonyms: dense (in mind): blunt (in speech) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • subtle — has a corresponding adverb subtly, and the noun is subtlety (which is also countable with a plural form subtleties). The b is silent in all these forms …   Modern English usage


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