subtle
adjective
thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
subtler
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comparativeof subtle.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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As particle accelerators became more powerful and detectors grew increasingly sensitive, researchers gained access to subtler physical processes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026
“There is also a subtler danger,” he writes, of AI “reflecting and reinforcing the stereotypes or ideological bias of their designers and developers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
While not in any way rabble-rousing, they wage subtler revolutions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Bad Bunny’s signifiers were subtler, although some may not have contained the meaning people read into them.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2026
That they marched heedlessly to tragedy is a subtler one.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
