Word
Subtle
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
sub-tle
Definition
- superl. - Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile;
-- applied to persons; as, a subtle foe.
- superl. - Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle
stratagem.
- superl. - 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.
- superl. - Smooth and deceptive.
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