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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being subtle, in any sense.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being subtle; subtlety.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The property of being subtle, of avoiding brute force and instead being clever or skillful.

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