| slovo | definícia |
subtle
(mass) | subtle
- ľahký, nežný, tajomný, zákerný |
subtle
(encz) | subtle,bystrý pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
subtle
(encz) | subtle,citlivý pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
subtle
(encz) | subtle,detailní pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
subtle
(encz) | subtle,drobný pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
subtle
(encz) | subtle,duchaplný pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
subtle
(encz) | subtle,choulostivý pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
subtle
(encz) | subtle,jemný pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
subtle
(encz) | subtle,lehký pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
subtle
(encz) | subtle,nepatrný pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
subtle
(encz) | subtle,něžný pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
subtle
(encz) | subtle,prchavý pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
subtle
(encz) | subtle,pronikavý pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
subtle
(encz) | subtle,subtilní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
subtle
(encz) | subtle,tajemný pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
subtle
(encz) | subtle,zákeřný pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
subtle
(encz) | subtle,záludný pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
subtle
(gcide) | Subtile \Sub"tile\, a. [L. subtilis. See Subtile.]
1. Thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile
vapor; a subtile medium.
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2. Delicately constituted or constructed; nice; fine;
delicate; tenuous; finely woven. "A sotil [subtile]
twine's thread." --Chaucer.
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More subtile web Arachne can not spin. --Spenser.
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I do distinguish plain
Each subtile line of her immortal face. --Sir J.
Davies.
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3. Acute; piercing; searching.
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The slow disease and subtile pain. --Prior.
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5. Characterized by nicety of discrimination; discerning;
delicate; refined; subtle. [In this sense now commonly
written subtle.]
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The genius of the Spanish people is exquisitely
subtile, without being at all acute; hence there is
so much humor and so little wit in their literature.
The genius of the Italians, on the contrary, is
acute, profound, and sensual, but not subtile; hence
what they think to be humorous, is merely witty.
--Coleridge.
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The subtile influence of an intellect like
Emerson's. --Hawthorne.
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5. Sly; artful; cunning; crafty; subtle; as, a subtile
person; a subtile adversary; a subtile scheme. [In this
sense now commonly written subtle.]
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Syn: Subtile, Acute.
Usage: In acute the image is that of a needle's point; in
subtile that of a thread spun out to fineness. The
acute intellect pierces to its aim; the subtile (or
subtle) intellect winds its way through obstacles.
[1913 Webster] -- Sub"tile*ly, adv. --
Sub"tile*ness, n.
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Subtle
(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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subtle
(wn) | subtle
adj 1: difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his
whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle
difference"; "that elusive thing the soul" [syn:
elusive, subtle]
2: able to make fine distinctions; "a subtle mind"
3: working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way;
"glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison" [syn:
insidious, pernicious, subtle] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
unsubtle
(mass) | unsubtle
- zrejme |
oversubtle
(encz) | oversubtle,velice jemný Zdeněk Brož |
subtleness
(encz) | subtleness, |
subtler
(encz) | subtler,jemnější adj: Zdeněk Brožsubtler,nepatrnější adj: Zdeněk Brožsubtler,rafinovanější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
subtlest
(encz) | subtlest,nejdelikátnější adj: Zdeněk Brožsubtlest,nejnepatrnější adj: Zdeněk Brožsubtlest,nejrafinovanější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
subtleties
(encz) | subtleties,nepatrnosti n: Zdeněk Brožsubtleties,nuance pl. Zdeněk Brož |
subtlety
(encz) | subtlety,bystrost n: PetrVsubtlety,hnidopišství n: PetrVsubtlety,jemnost n: PetrVsubtlety,křehkost n: PetrVsubtlety,mazanost n: PetrVsubtlety,nepatrnost n: Zdeněk Brožsubtlety,rafinovanost n: PetrVsubtlety,subtilnost n: PetrV |
unsubtle
(encz) | unsubtle,zřejmý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Oversubtle
(gcide) | Oversubtile \O"ver*sub"tile\, Oversubtle \O"ver*sub"tle\, a.
Excessively subtle.
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Subtle
(gcide) | Subtile \Sub"tile\, a. [L. subtilis. See Subtile.]
1. Thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile
vapor; a subtile medium.
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2. Delicately constituted or constructed; nice; fine;
delicate; tenuous; finely woven. "A sotil [subtile]
twine's thread." --Chaucer.
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More subtile web Arachne can not spin. --Spenser.
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I do distinguish plain
Each subtile line of her immortal face. --Sir J.
Davies.
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3. Acute; piercing; searching.
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The slow disease and subtile pain. --Prior.
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5. Characterized by nicety of discrimination; discerning;
delicate; refined; subtle. [In this sense now commonly
written subtle.]
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The genius of the Spanish people is exquisitely
subtile, without being at all acute; hence there is
so much humor and so little wit in their literature.
The genius of the Italians, on the contrary, is
acute, profound, and sensual, but not subtile; hence
what they think to be humorous, is merely witty.
--Coleridge.
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The subtile influence of an intellect like
Emerson's. --Hawthorne.
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5. Sly; artful; cunning; crafty; subtle; as, a subtile
person; a subtile adversary; a subtile scheme. [In this
sense now commonly written subtle.]
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Syn: Subtile, Acute.
Usage: In acute the image is that of a needle's point; in
subtile that of a thread spun out to fineness. The
acute intellect pierces to its aim; the subtile (or
subtle) intellect winds its way through obstacles.
[1913 Webster] -- Sub"tile*ly, adv. --
Sub"tile*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]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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Subtleness
(gcide) | Subtleness \Sub"tle*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being subtle; subtlety.
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Subtler
(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
(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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Subtleties
(gcide) | Subtlety \Sub"tle*ty\, n.; pl. Subtleties. [OE. sotelte,
sutilte, OF. sotillete, L. subtilitas. See Subtle, and cf.
Subtility.]
1. The quality or state of being subtle, or sly; cunning;
craftiness; artfulness.
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The fox which lives by subtlety. --Shak.
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2. Nice discernment with delicacy of mental action; nicety of
discrimination.
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3. Something that is sly, crafty, or delusive.
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Unlearned in the world's false subtleties. --Shak.
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Subtlety
(gcide) | Subtlety \Sub"tle*ty\, n.; pl. Subtleties. [OE. sotelte,
sutilte, OF. sotillete, L. subtilitas. See Subtle, and cf.
Subtility.]
1. The quality or state of being subtle, or sly; cunning;
craftiness; artfulness.
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The fox which lives by subtlety. --Shak.
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2. Nice discernment with delicacy of mental action; nicety of
discrimination.
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3. Something that is sly, crafty, or delusive.
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Unlearned in the world's false subtleties. --Shak.
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Supersubtle
(gcide) | Supersubtle \Su`per*sub"tle\, a.
Too subtle. --Shak.
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subtlety
(wn) | subtlety
n 1: a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude;
"without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy
the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning" [syn:
nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement]
2: the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; "you had
to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew" [syn:
subtlety, niceness] |
unsubtle
(wn) | unsubtle
adj 1: lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it
was time to leave" [syn: broad, unsubtle] |
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