subtile
a . 敏感的;稀薄的;狡猾的;复杂的
敏感的;稀薄的;狡猾的;复杂的
Subtile \
Sub "
tile \,
a . [
L .
subtilis .
See {
Subtile }.]
1 .
Thin ;
not dense or gross ;
rare ;
as ,
subtile air ;
subtile vapor ;
a subtile medium .
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2 .
Delicately constituted or constructed ;
nice ;
fine ;
delicate ;
tenuous ;
finely woven . "
A sotil [
subtile ]
twine '
s thread ." --
Chaucer .
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More subtile web Arachne can not spin . --
Spenser .
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I do distinguish plain Each subtile line of her immortal face . --
Sir J .
Davies .
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3 .
Acute ;
piercing ;
searching .
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The slow disease and subtile pain . --
Prior .
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5 .
Characterized by nicety of discrimination ;
discerning ;
delicate ;
refined ;
subtle . [
In this sense now commonly written {
subtle }.]
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1913 Webster ]
The genius of the Spanish people is exquisitely subtile ,
without being at all acute ;
hence there is so much humor and so little wit in their literature .
The genius of the Italians ,
on the contrary ,
is acute ,
profound ,
and sensual ,
but not subtile ;
hence what they think to be humorous ,
is merely witty .
--
Coleridge .
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The subtile influence of an intellect like Emerson '
s . --
Hawthorne .
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5 .
Sly ;
artful ;
cunning ;
crafty ;
subtle ;
as ,
a subtile person ;
a subtile adversary ;
a subtile scheme . [
In this sense now commonly written {
subtle }.]
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1913 Webster ]
Syn : {
Subtile }, {
Acute }.
Usage :
In acute the image is that of a needle '
s point ;
in subtile that of a thread spun out to fineness .
The acute intellect pierces to its aim ;
the subtile (
or subtle )
intellect winds its way through obstacles .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Sub "
tile *
ly },
adv . --
{
Sub "
tile *
ness },
n .
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1913 Webster ]
96 Moby Thesaurus words for "
subtile ":
Byzantine ,
Machiavellian ,
Machiavellic ,
acute ,
adulterated ,
air -
built ,
airy ,
arch ,
artful ,
astute ,
attenuate ,
attenuated ,
cagey ,
calculating ,
canny ,
chimerical ,
clever ,
cloud -
built ,
crafty ,
cunning ,
cut ,
cute ,
dainty ,
deceitful ,
deep ,
deep -
laid ,
delicate ,
designing ,
devious ,
dilute ,
diluted ,
diplomatic ,
dreamlike ,
ethereal ,
fanciful ,
fatuitous ,
fatuous ,
feline ,
fine ,
flimsy ,
foxy ,
gaseous ,
gossamery ,
guileful ,
illusory ,
imaginary ,
ingenious ,
insidious ,
insubstantial ,
inventive ,
knowing ,
pawky ,
phantomlike ,
politic ,
rare ,
rarefied ,
ready ,
resourceful ,
scheming ,
serpentine ,
shadowy ,
sharp ,
shifty ,
shrewd ,
slick ,
slight ,
slippery ,
sly ,
smooth ,
snaky ,
sneaky ,
sophistical ,
spirituous ,
stealthy ,
strategic ,
subtle ,
supple ,
tactical ,
tenuous ,
thin ,
thinned ,
thinned -
out ,
trickish ,
tricksy ,
tricky ,
uncompact ,
uncompressed ,
unreal ,
unsubstantial ,
vaporous ,
vulpine ,
wary ,
watered ,
watered -
down ,
wily ,
windy
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