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

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

Man's daintiest care, & caution cannot spy The subtile point of his coy destiny, Wch way it threats.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

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