subtle synonyms

subtle

modif.

  1. Delicately suggestive

    indirect, implied, insinuated, inferred, illusive; see also mental, suggestive.

  2. Precise

    definite, complex, exact; see detailed.

  3. Clever

    ingenious, crafty, deft, shrewd.

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