subtile

adjective

Definition of subtilenext
as in subtle

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subtile
  1. subtle
  2. cunning
  3. wily
  4. artful
  5. crafty
  6. trick
  7. sly
  8. tricky
Adjective
  • But planet-scale warming is probably affecting weather basically every day, even if the impacts are subtle.
    Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Cacio e pepe, with its Parmesan and black pepper, is more subtle.
    Lauryn Azu, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of subtle
Adjective
  • Black Friday had become a competitive event requiring planning and cunning to get the good deals first.
    Mary Meehan, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Finding other disease-causing somatic mutations in rheumatology and related specialties will take skill, cunning, and a willingness to test cells and organs throughout the body.
    Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of cunning
Adjective
  • Filmmakers found their wily fox with a heart of gold, Fink, in Pedro Pascal, but not the Pascal with whom audiences are familiar.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Anchoring his bravura action filmmaking are the performances of Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal, both bravely playing straight men to some wild and wily characters who are conspiring to make Roman mayhem.
    Steven Gaydos, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of wily
Adjective
  • Walls have artisan rugs as artwork; while, underfoot, carpets are handwoven and artful clusters of lights are made from traditional glass lanterns.
    Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Rooted in sometimes artful but often ham-handed borrowing of various African traditions, the holiday is one of the many bridges Black Americans tried to build between themselves and the African homeland of their imagination.
    Ismail Muhammad, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of artful
Adjective
  • The Scottish mod rogues are back with their best album in 15 years, a resurgence for the craftiest, most clever U.K. guitar band of their era.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Throwing him in there with an explosive bruiser like Sheamus and a crafty technician like Kaiser was a great way to showcase everything great about all three guys.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of crafty
Adjective
  • My idea was not to get too trick-sy with it, to keep it at a fairly simple visual level.
    Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2014
  • As Halloween approaches, investors seem fearful that good credit performance may be more trick than treat.
    Telis Demos, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2022
Definition of trick
Adjective
  • Anchored by Hailee Steinfeld’s charmingly sly title performance, the series cleverly enmeshes Dickinson’s indelible poetry with everyday frustrations (parents, crushes), world-historical occasions (the Civil War) and thoroughly modern slang.
    Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Dressed in a traditional-looking headpiece at what appears to be an after-hours bonfire celebration, the star makes smoldering eye contact with someone offscreen while giving a sly smile.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of sly
Adjective
  • Transportation has been tricky An area stretching from the central Plains through the Ohio Valley into the Atlantic is likely to receive more snow and ice for a few days, which could cause the ground covering to melt and refreeze and form black ice, according to forecasters.
    Hannah Fingerhut and Ben Finley, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The conversation is tricky because the Tigers organization is in a healthy spot and Harris has earned confidence in quickly repairing the team and its minor-league pipeline.
    Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of tricky
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