subtlety
noun
the state or quality of being subtle.
subtleties
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pluralof subtlety.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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This keeps the focus on the nuances and subtleties of Hemphill’s work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Few 20th-century writers bred as many imitators as Ernest Hemingway, but his followers rarely matched the subtleties of his deceptively simple style.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
It’s funny because it’s not a broad stroke; they write in such subtleties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025
When the virus forced us to disconnect from our fellow humans and plug our brains into technology to keep pandemic anxiety at bay, we lost the ability to intimate the subtleties of reality.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2025
Here is another example of the subtleties of persuasion.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
