Definition of Subtlety

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Subtlety

The quality or state of being subtle, or sly; cunning; craftiness; artfulness.

Nice discernment with delicacy of mental action; nicety of discrimination.

Something that is sly, crafty, or delusive.

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Subtlety Quotations

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.
Leonardo da Vinci

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.
Francis Bacon

It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
Isaac Asimov

I think the players, I put in the book for example that we should go back to wood rackets, probably they laughed at me, I'm a dinosaur, but I think that you see these great players, have even more variety and you see more strategy, there'd be more subtlety.
John McEnroe

Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.
Oliver Cromwell

I appreciate subtlety. I have never enjoyed a kiss in front of the camera. There's nothing to it except not getting your lipstick smeared.
Hedy Lamarr

Rebecca is an example of how not to manage men. The rules of the game never change, it requires subtlety.
Mary Wesley

There was a subtlety about Peggy Lee. It was powerful. There was a valuable use of space. Everything was not cluttered. Her voice was out front and was the key instrument.
Rita Coolidge

It's not a country of articulate people, sophisticated people. There's too little subtlety. Men and women don't enjoy each other very much in Australia. I don't find very many men sexy in Australia. Of course, I'm married and out of it, but still.
Judy Davis

Symbolism perhaps is a bit in your face, and I've tried my best to control that as best I can as I've grown older and thought that one could approach something with a little more subtlety.
John Schlesinger

Subtlety Translations

subtlety in German is Feinheit
subtlety in Spanish is sutileza

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