subtle
adjective
thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
oversubtle
-
a word derived from
subtle.
Example Sentences
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If a few of such Klee ideas seemed oversubtle, there was no lack of ideas.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is such a thing as being oversubtle, even in Middle Eastern politics.
From Time Magazine Archive
The flavor is a shade oversubtle, but most people will be delighted to have tried it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Compared of course to the virile mace-work of George Bernard Shaw in his Saint Joan, it is sometimes oversubtle rapier play in the Gallic fashion that scores points but does not really make a wound.
From Time Magazine Archive
I’m not trying to oversimplify or make the process seem oversubtle.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
