subtile

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Recent scientific discoveries have conferred upon man new powers of investigation, whereby nature has been made to reveal secrets so subtile that they never had been dreamt of before in philosophy.

From Scientific American • Jan. 13, 2013

At Paris the Universe is seen, compos’d of Vortices of subtile Matter; but nothing like it is seen in London.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Of a more subtile wit and a finer grain was Harte, who did his best work as a humorist in California.

From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by Bartlett, William Chauncey

For subtile pleasantry was there, And brilliant flash of wit; Now, pleading eyes were raised in prayer, And now with smiles were lit.

From Poems by Macy, Arthur

According to these notions, there existed a volatile principle that bore no specific name, but was diffused through every part of living bodies, more subtile than heat, air, or vapour.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)