subtle
Example Sentences
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But pianist and singer Allen Toussaint, who wrote it—and who composed, arranged and produced hits for an astonishingly broad list of artists—meant it as something subtler.
The result is a subtle but significant rewrite of how consumer commerce works in the world’s largest online retail market.
From Barron's
A subtle wave of shame rises — small but persistent — cresting as you imagine your child saying, or your partner thinking, “We’re having this again?”
From Salon
As an “SCTV” early adopter, O’Hara was first attractive to me because she was funny, but she was also beautiful — a beauty she could subvert by a subtle or broad rearrangement of her features.
From Los Angeles Times
Moreover, artistic influence is too complex and subtle to be understood so narrowly.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
