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1 subtlety -- rank: 1000

subtlety definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a subtle ... t argue about shades of meaning" [syn: nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement] 2: the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; "you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew" [syn: subtlety, niceness] Merriam Webster's noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Middle English ... f. L subtilitas -tatis (as SUBTLE) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Subtlety Sub"tle*ty, n.; pl. Subtleties. [OE. sotelte, sutilte, OF ... or sly; cunning; craftiness; artfulness. The fox which lives by subtlety. --Shak. 2. Nice discernment with delicacy of mental action; ...

2 SUBTIL; SUBTLE; SUBTLETY; SUBTILTY -- rank: 979

SUBTIL; SUBTLE; SUBTLETY; SUBTILTY definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia sub'-til, sut'-'-l ... subtle") man" (discreet); Pr 1:4, `ormah, "prudence," "to give subtlety to the simple," the American Standard Revised Version and the ... Ge 27:35, mirmah, "deceit," "fraud," "Thy brother came with subtlety," the Revised Version (British and American) "with guile"; Ps 105 ... or "treachery" (here only); Judith 5:11, katasophizo, "to use subtlety"; Ecclesiasticus 19:25, panourgia, "cunning," "unscrupulousness," "There is an exquisite subtlety, and the same is unjust"; 2Co 11:3, "The serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety," the Revised Version (British and American) "in his craftiness"; ...

3 Subtilty -- rank: 616

... Slyness in design; cunning; artifice; usually but less properly written subtlety. Merriam Webster's noun (plural -ties) Date: 14th century subtlety Webster's 1913 Dictionary Subtilty Sub"til*ty, n. [Contr ... the subtility of air or light. 2. Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety. Intelligible discourses are spoiled by too much subtility in nice ... design; artifice; guile; a cunning design or artifice; a trick; subtlety. O full of all subtility and all mischief. --Acts xiii ... 2, 3, and 4 the word is more commonly written subtlety. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Rarity, thinness, etherealness, subtileness. 2. Fineness, slenderness. 3. Refinement, extreme nicety, subtlety, acuteness. 4. Slyness, cunning, artifice, craft, subtlety.

4 Cunning -- rank: 476

... a. knowledge, learning b. magic art 2. dexterous skill and subtlety (as in inventing, devising, or executing) < high-ribbed vault…with ... poetical.] Skilled, dexterous, skilful. II. n. 1. Craft, art, shrewdness, subtlety, artifice. 2. Craftiness, craft, artifice, deceit, deception, subtlety, intrigue, chicane, chicanery. Moby Thesaurus Byzantine, Daedalian, Machiavellian, Machiavellianism, Machiavellic ... sophistical, statesmanlike, stealthy, strategic, style, stylish, subtile, subtility, subtilty, subtle, subtlety, supple, surreptitious, surreptitiousness, tact, tactful, tactfulness, tactical, technical brilliance, technical ...

5 Refinement -- rank: 410

... t argue about shades of meaning" [syn: nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement] 5: the quality of excellence in thought and manners ... a refined feature or method b. a highly refined distinction ; subtlety c. a contrivance or device intended to improve or perfect ... stripping, stripping down, suaveness, suavity, subduction, sublation, sublimation, subtle distinction, subtlety, subtraction, tact, tactfulness, taste, tastefulness, terseness, textualism, the letter, unaffectedness ...

6 Art -- rank: 410

... proficiency < the skill of a glassblower >. cunning suggests ingenuity and subtlety in devising, inventing, or executing < a mystery plotted with great ... cleverness, ingenuity, knack. 5. Cunning, astuteness, artfulness, shrewdness, artifice, deceit, subtlety, craftiness, craft, duplicity, wiliness, guile. Airports Landing Facility Type AIRPORT ... specialty, sphere, stealth, stealthiness, stratagem, strategy, study, subterfuge, subtilty, subtleness, subtlety, suppleness, suprematism, surrealism, syllabary, symbol, symbolism, synchromism, synthesism, tablature, tachism ...

7 Nicety -- rank: 410

... t argue about shades of meaning" [syn: nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement] Merriam Webster's noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Middle English ... the niceties of life > 3. a fine point or distinction ; subtlety < the niceties of table manners > 4. careful attention to details ... sensibility, sensitivity, severity, shade of difference, sophistication, strictness, subtle distinction, subtlety, tact, tactfulness, taste, tastefulness, textualism, the letter, wide margin

8 Simplicity -- rank: 410

... simpleness] [ant: complexity, complexness] 2: a lack of penetration or subtlety; "they took advantage of her simplicity" [syn: simplicity, simpleness, simple ... of being simple, uncomplicated, or uncompounded 2. a. lack of subtlety or penetration ; innocence, naivete b. folly, silliness 3. freedom from ... language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life. 5. Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clearness; as, the simplicity of a doctrine; the ...

9 Guile -- rank: 324

... Walker Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Cunning, craft, subtlety, artfulness, artifice, duplicity, deceit, deception, trickery, fraud, wiles, wiliness. Moby ... slipperiness, slyness, sneak attack, sneakiness, sophistry, stealth, stealthiness, subtilty, subtleness, subtlety, suppleness, surreptitiousness, treacherousness, trickiness, underhandedness, wariness, wiles, wiliness, wit

10 Broad -- rank: 324

... plan"; "felt an unspecific dread" [syn: broad, unspecific] 4: lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was time ... in pronunciation 5. marked by lack of restraint, delicacy, or subtlety: a. obsolete outspoken b. coarse, risque < broad humor > 6. of ...

11 Megarian -- rank: 324

... of Socrates, by his disciples, and remarkable for its logical subtlety. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Megarian Me*ga"ri*an, Megaric ... of Socrates, by his disciples, and remarkable for its logical subtlety.

12 Artifice -- rank: 324

... 2. Cunning, deceit, deception, imposture, fraud, trickery, device, duplicity, guile, subtlety, finesse, stratagem, shift, trick, subterfuge, wile, ruse, doubling, Machiavelism, diplomacy ... stopgap, stratagem, strategy, stroke, stroke of policy, subterfuge, subtilty, subtleness, subtlety, supercherie, suppleness, tactic, temporary expedient, treachery, trick, trickery, trickiness, trump ...

13 nuance -- rank: 324

... t argue about shades of meaning" [syn: nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: French, from Middle French ... space, stair, standard, step, stint, subsense, subsidiary sense, subtle distinction, subtlety, suggestion, supposition, suspicion, symbolism, tinge, touch, tread, trichoschistism, undercurrent, undermeaning ...

14 Quibble -- rank: 324

... of English Synonyms I. n. 1. Evasion, cavil, subterfuge, pretence, subtlety, quirk, shift, prevarication, equivocation, sophism, quiddity, trifling nicety. 2. Pun ... shy, sidestep, slam, sophism, sophistry, spar, split hairs, squabble, stricture, subtlety, swipe, take exception, take sides, taking exception, tear apart, tear ...

15 Subtleties -- rank: 324

Subtleties definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Subtlety Sub"tle*ty, n.; pl. Subtleties. [OE. sotelte, sutilte, OF ... or sly; cunning; craftiness; artfulness. The fox which lives by subtlety. --Shak. 2. Nice discernment with delicacy of mental action; nicety ...