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 even without winning an Editors' Choice award, the 14-inch M4 MacBook Pro commands attention with some subtle new features.
    Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The puzzle challenges players to group words based on subtle links, combining logic with language skills.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of subtle
Adjective
  • Streaming on Netflix netflix Agatha All Along Headed up by WandaVision showrunner Jac Schaeffer, Agatha All Along revisits the nosey neighbor and titular cunning witch (played deliciously by Kathryn Hahn) as she’s knocked out of her trance and seeks to regain her powers.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Besides being cunning and highly opinionated, Paddy is also rather physically imposing.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2024
Definition of cunning
Adjective
  • The Democratic ticket is framing Trump as a chaotic leader easily taken advantage of by more wily foreign adversaries.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
  • From 1986 to 1995, Andy Griffith enjoyed one of television’s most impressive second acts, playing a wily southern lawyer named Ben Matlock.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of wily
Adjective
  • Largely through artful cartel marketing portraying tusi as pretty, fun, and accessible, this blend of cheap drug leftovers has become the substance of choice for Colombian DJs and Mexican rappers, a wolf in sheep’s clothing for European ravers, and a source of confusion for everyone else.
    Celia Ford, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Morris merges bombshell interviews with government officials and artful narrative vignettes tracing one migrant family’s plight, and showing that the cruelty at the heart of the policy was its very purpose as over 1,300 children are without confirmed reunifications years later.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2024
Definition of artful
Adjective
  • Kevin Kline steals the show as her nasty, crafty nemesis Comments Disclaimer, Apple TV+'s new limited series starring the mighty Cate Blanchett, also happens to be directed by Alfonso Cuarón, a filmmaker whose technically dazzling, morally impressive films include Gravity and Roma.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Listen to this article The petite seamstress with quick, crafty hands may have never ridden a wave – but Sato Hughes was an instrumental part of surfing history, popularizing California’s first boardshorts from a small room tucked inside of Katin Surf Shop.
    Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 1 Oct. 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
  • Distinguished violinists from Joseph Szigeti to Hilary Hahn have tackled the Fourth Sonata, yet Jackiw sets a new standard, running the gamut from boisterous fiddling to solitary chant, with sly parodies of overcooked Romanticism along the way.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Is Aubrey Plaza’s self-consciously vampy, campy performance a sly part of the film’s nutty design?
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of sly
Adjective
  • But the road to winning two out of three is tricky, with Nebraska this upcoming Saturday and a pair of intriguing rivalry-week matchups on the horizon.
    Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
  • And so what might be tricky regarding your poll to use it as a feature is that some counties might have it, others may not.
    Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of tricky
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