nuanced
nuanced
Definition
nu·anced (-änst′)
adjective
treated or done so as to show or display small, delicate, or subtle variations, gradations, etc., as in meaning
nuanced
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- understanding: Which makes for deeper, more nuanced, more satisfying understanding in your readings.
- interpretation: Ultimately this will lead to a more nuanced, historical interpretation.
- reading: The result is a fresh, nuanced reading of a major classic.
- analysis: By the nature of the methodology being adopted, the research will place emphasis on the following: The need for gender nuanced analyzes.
- performance: I think he gave such a beautifully nuanced performance.
Modifying Another Word
- subtly: Ray's mastery turned a starkly conventional plot into a subtly nuanced story which topped the Bengali box office for months.
- finely: The midrange proper is first-rate - clear, even, finely nuanced, with a particularly precise image.
- beautifully: I think he gave such a beautifully nuanced performance.
- carefully: This needs to be carefully nuanced; illegal acts were not all regarded in the same way.
- highly: By the late 1890s Cézanne's mastery of the medium allowed for a range of highly nuanced luminous effects.
- very: So the whole legal position is very, very nuanced.
Used with adjective complement
- become: Becoming more nuanced about such constitutive dynamics will not guarantee that we can interrupt the tendencies upon which he focuses here.
