[ˈsʌtl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (especially of a change or distinction) so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyse or describe
(e.g: his language expresses rich and subtle meanings)

- making use of clever and indirect methods to achieve something
(e.g: he tried a more subtle approach)

- crafty; cunning
(e.g: the subtle fiend dissembled)


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Origin:
Middle English (also in the sense ‘not easily understood’): from Old French sotil, from Latin subtilis