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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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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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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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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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  • SUBTILE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of SUBTILE is subtle, elusive How to use subtile in a sentence subtle, elusive; cunning, crafty; sagacious, discerning… See the full definition
  • Subtile - definition of subtile by The Free Dictionary
    Define subtile subtile synonyms, subtile pronunciation, subtile translation, English dictionary definition of subtile adj Subtle sub′tile·ly adv sub·til′i·ty , sub′tile·ness , sub′til·ty n American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition
  • subtile - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    subtile inflection of subtil: strong mixed nominative accusative feminine singular; strong nominative accusative plural; weak nominative all-gender singular; weak accusative feminine neuter singular
  • subtile, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford . . .
    What does the word subtile mean? There are 20 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word subtile , 11 of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
  • SUBTILE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
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    Definition of SUBTILE in the Definitions net dictionary Meaning of SUBTILE What does SUBTILE mean? Information and translations of SUBTILE in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web
  • Subtile Definition Meaning - YourDictionary
    Origin of Subtile From Latin subtilis (“fine, thin, slender, delicate" ), perhaps, from sub (“under" ) + tela (“a web, fabric" ); see tela, toil From Wiktionary Middle English from Old French subtil from Latin subtīlis fine, delicate subtle From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition





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