Vocabulary : Subtility to Subtleties
Subtility : Subtilty.
Subtilization : The act of making subtile. ;; The operation of making so volatile as to rise in steam or vapor. ;; Refinement; subtlety; extreme attenuation.
Subtilize : To make thin or fine; to make less gross or coarse. ;; To refine; to spin into niceties; as, to subtilize arguments. ;; To refine in argument; to make very nice distinctions.
Subtilized : of Subtilize
Subtilizer : One who subtilizes.
Subtilizing : of Subtilize
Subtilty : The quality or state of being subtile; thinness; fineness; as, the subtility of air or light. ;; Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety. ;; Cunning; skill; craft. ;; Slyness in design; artifice; guile; a cunning design or artifice; a trick; subtlety.
Subtle : Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; -- applied to persons; as, a subtle foe. ;; Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem. ;; 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. ;; Smooth and deceptive.
Subtleness : The quality or state of being subtle; subtlety.
Subtleties : of Subtlety
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