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clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means
- used subtle methods of persuasion
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- crooked,
- deceitful,
- deceptive,
- dishonest,
- fraudulent,
- insinuating,
- knavish,
- Machiavellian,
- oblique,
- serpentine,
- shady,
- shifty,
- slippery,
- sneaky,
- treacherous,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- unscrupulous
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2
made or done with extreme care and accuracy
- the subtle strokes of the painter's brush
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3
satisfying or pleasing because of fineness or mildness
- a subtle suggestion of the Near East in the soup's flavoring
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“Subtle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subtle. Accessed 5 Mar. 2021.
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The first known use of subtle was in the 14th century
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