subtile

[Sub·tile]

Sly; artful; cunning; crafty; subtle; as, a subtile person; a subtile adversary; a subtile scheme.

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Thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile vapor; a subtile medium.

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Thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile vapor; a subtile medium.

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Delicately constituted or constructed; nice; fine; delicate; tenuous; finely woven.

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Acute; piercing; searching.

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Characterized by nicety of discrimination; discerning; delicate; refined; subtle.

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Sly; artful; cunning; crafty; subtle; as, a subtile person; a subtile adversary; a subtile scheme.

Subtile

Sub"tile , a. [L. subtilis. See Subtile.] 1. Thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile vapor; a subtile medium. 2. Delicately constituted or constructed; nice; fine; delicate; tenuous; finely woven. "A sotil [subtile] twine's thread." Chaucer.

More subtile web Arachne can not spin.

I do distinguish plain Each subtile line of her immortal face.

3. Acute; piercing; searching.

The slow disease and subtile pain.

5. Characterized by nicety of discrimination; discerning; delicate; refined; subtle. [In this sense now commonly written subtle.]

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.

The subtile influence of an intellect like Emerson's.

5. Sly; artful; cunning; crafty; subtle; as, a subtile person; a subtile adversary; a subtile scheme. [In this sense now commonly written subtle.] Syn. -- Subtile, Acute. 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. -- Sub"tile*ly, adv. -- Sub"tile*ness, n.

Thin; not dense or gross; rare; as, subtile air; subtile vapor; a subtile medium.

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