subtle
adjective
thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
oversubtle
-
a word derived from
subtle.
Example Sentences
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Williston Bibb Barrett is an oversubtle Southerner who has lost the gift for action and adopted instead the stance of watcher, listener and wanderer.
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
