subtlety

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The quality of being scarcely noticeable or difficult to discern. (of things)

   “the subtlety of the Mona Lisa’s smile”

2. isim The quality of being done in a clever way that is not obvious or not direct; the quality of being carefully thought out. (of things)

   “the subtlety of a writer’s analysis / of a singer’s phrasing”

3. isim The quality of being able to achieve one's aims through clever, delicate or indirect methods. (of people)

   “With all his usual subtlety, he quietly fixed the problem before anyone else noticed it.”

4. isim The quality of being able to notice or understand things that are not obvious. (of people)

   “To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.”

5. isim An instance of being subtle, a subtle thing, especially a subtle argument or distinction.

   “The subtleties of this overture are often overlooked.”

6. isim An ornate medieval illusion dish or table decoration, especially when made from one thing but crafted to look like another.

   “At the king's coronation feast, several subtleties were served between main courses.”

7. isim The quality of being clever in surreptitious or deceitful behaviour; an act or argument that shows this quality.

   “When eyther Hare or Deare, or any other chase vseth subtleties to deceyue the houndes, we saye they crosse or double.”

8. isim A trick that creates a false appearance.

   “You doe yet taste / Some subtleties o’ th’ Isle, that will not let you / Beleeue things certaine:”

9. isim The property of having a low density or thin consistency.

   “About the Air is to be considered, its Temperature as to Heat, Dryness and Moisture, and the Measures of them, its Weight, Clearness, Refractive Power, its Subtilty or Grosness […]”

10. isim The property of being able to penetrate materials easily.

    “Hence we see the amazing Subtlety of this Fire, which pervades Glass as readily as if nothing were in the Way.”