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
Electricity in general signifies 'the operations of a very subtile fluid, commonly invisible, but sometimes the object of our sight and other senses.
From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous
The mental attitude of the speaker is subtile enough in itself to be fascinating, but the real suspense does not lie there.
From Shelburne Essays, Third Series by More, Paul Elmer
La préface de M. Charles GROLLEAU, écrite avec une délicatesse remarquable et une émotion pénétrante, constitue la plus subtile étude psychologique que l’on ait jamais publiée sur Oscar WILDE.
From The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports by Anonymous
