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subtlest
(encz) | subtlest,nejdelikátnější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
subtlest
(encz) | subtlest,nejnepatrnější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
subtlest
(encz) | subtlest,nejrafinovanější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Subtlest
(gcide) | 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. Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; --
applied to persons; as, a subtle foe. "A subtle traitor."
--Shak.
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2. Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle
stratagem.
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3. Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing
distinctions; nicely discriminating; -- said of persons;
as, a subtle logician; refined; tenuous; sinuous;
insinuating; hence, penetrative or pervasive; -- said of
the mind; its faculties, or its operations; as, a subtle
intellect; a subtle imagination; a subtle process of
thought; also, difficult of apprehension; elusive.
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Things remote from use, obscure and subtle.
--Milton.
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4. Smooth and deceptive. [Obs.]
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Like to a bowl upon a subtle ground [bowling
ground]. --Shak.
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Syn: Artful; crafty; cunning; shrewd; sly; wily.
Usage: Subtle is the most comprehensive of these epithets and
implies the finest intellectual quality. See Shrewd,
and Cunning.
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subtlest
(encz) | subtlest,nejdelikátnější adj: Zdeněk Brožsubtlest,nejnepatrnější adj: Zdeněk Brožsubtlest,nejrafinovanější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
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