subtlety
Example Sentences
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The pope will arrive by helicopter, a diplomatic subtlety that spares him from landing on French soil without actually visiting France.
From Barron's
Those left in power, he said, are “generally not the sharpest people, they’re not the people who understand the subtleties of diplomacy, of what negotiating with the U.S. is like.”
From Los Angeles Times
Downing was “adept at switching between the material and the spiritual,” a realist willing to wink at disagreements and who favored “subtlety, sophistication and restraint.”
Simplicity is elevated, subtlety is trashed, and complexity decried.
From BBC
It was one of the few moments in her otherwise excellent performance when subtlety gives way to silliness.
From Los Angeles Times
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