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  • English Word Subtilism Definition The quality or state of being subtile; subtility; subtlety.
  • English Word Subtility Definition Subtilty.
  • English Word Subtilization Definition The act of making subtile.
  • English Word Subtilization Definition The operation of making so volatile as to rise in steam or vapor.
  • English Word Subtilization Definition Refinement; subtlety; extreme attenuation.
  • English Word Subtilize Definition To make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse.
  • English Word Subtilize Definition To refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize arguments.
  • English Word Subtilize Definition To refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions.
  • English Word Subtilized Definition of Subtilize
  • English Word Subtilizer Definition One who subtilizes.
  • English Word Subtilizing Definition of Subtilize
  • English Word Subtilty Definition The quality or state of being subtile; thinness; fineness; as, the subtility of air or light.
  • English Word Subtilty Definition Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety.
  • English Word Subtilty Definition Cunning; skill; craft.
  • English Word Subtilty Definition Slyness in design; artifice; guile; a cunning design or artifice; a trick; subtlety.
  • English Word Subtle Definition Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; -- applied to persons; as, a subtle foe.
  • English Word Subtle Definition Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem.
  • English Word Subtle Definition Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing distinctions; nicely discriminating; -- said of persons; as, a subtle logician; refined; tenuous; sinuous; insinuating; hence, penetrative or pervasive; -- said of the mind; its faculties, or its operations; as, a subtle intellect; a subtle imagination; a subtle process of thought; also, difficult of apprehension; elusive.
  • English Word Subtle Definition Smooth and deceptive.
  • English Word Subtleness Definition The quality or state of being subtle; subtlety.
  • English Word Subtleties Definition of Subtlety
  • English Word Subtlety Definition The quality or state of being subtle, or sly; cunning; craftiness; artfulness.
  • English Word Subtlety Definition Nice discernment with delicacy of mental action; nicety of discrimination.
  • English Word Subtlety Definition Something that is sly, crafty, or delusive.
  • English Word Subtly Definition In a subtle manner; slyly; artfully; cunningly.
  • English Word Subtly Definition Nicely; delicately.
  • English Word Subtly Definition Deceitfully; delusively.
  • English Word Subtonic Definition Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, //155, 199-202.
  • English Word Subtonic Definition A subtonic sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal.
  • English Word Subtonic Definition The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below the tonic; -- called also subsemitone.