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What does subtlety mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word subtlety? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (uncountable) The quality or fact of being subtle.
  2. (countable) An instance of being subtle, a subtle thing, especially a subtle argument or distinction.
  3. (countable) An ornate medieval illusion dish or table decoration, especially when made from one thing but crafted to look like another.
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Unfortunately, the subtlety, range and freshness of her work has too often been ignorantly made light of.
The rest of the album isn't bad, coasting from lite jazz subtlety to wah-wah guitar-enhanced antsiness and back to lite jazz at the end.
As you can see, this is already shaping up to be a winner for subtlety and rapier wit.
Author and photographer tell the story of this place through its pavements with love, subtlety, and layered richness of knowledge.
Never an actor to employ a degree of subtlety, Brian is more like a bull in a china shop.
There are kinds of subtlety and metaphorical allusiveness that are easier to achieve in comics than in novels.

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