At press conferences, he is a master of tact and subtlety.
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In fact, lobbyists tend to be more effective with subtlety than with threats.
The subtlety of mental processing is due to the layout of links between neurones.
Those who seek to lead must act with subtlety and caution or they will meet with strong negative reactions.
To appreciate all of this beauty relies upon your noticing its subtleties.
Watercolours of a very delicate or atmospheric style will exhibit greater subtlety when painted on Hot Pressed surfaces.
When Childs and Bodnar first presented their ideas to the group of developers, there was a subtlety and lightness about them.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE►great
· Watercolours of a very delicate or atmospheric style will exhibit greater subtlety when painted on Hot Pressed surfaces.· But once we enter this world it begins to open up, revealing greater and greater subtleties.· In that time, he has really matured and gained the confidence to achieve great subtleties.· The music often has ethnic undertones, and it ebbs and flows with great subtlety.· But it turns out that what is needed is a greater subtlety in thinking about what a reason is.
1[uncountable] the quality that something has when it has been done in a clever or skilful way, with careful attention to small details: The play lacks subtlety. She argued her case with considerable subtlety.2[countable usually plural] a thought, idea, or detail that is important but difficult to notice or understandsubtlety of Some of the subtleties of the language are lost in translation.