subtle /sutˈl/

1. Tenuous, slight
2. Elusive, impalpable
3. Showing or calling for fine discrimination
4. Delicate, refined
5. Overrefined or overrefining, rarefied
6. Abstruse
7. Crafty, artful
8. Insidious, devious
9. Ticklish, tricky (Shakespeare)

subtilīzāˈtion or subtilīsāˈtion /sut-/ noun

subtilize or subtilise /sutˈ/ transitive verb

1. To rarefy, refine
2. To make subtle

To refine, use subtlety

subtˈleness or subtˈlety noun

1. The state or quality of being subtle
2. A subtle trick or refinement
3. An ornamental device in sugar (obsolete; cookery)

subtˈly adverb

• translatable
• translate
• translated
• translates
• translating
• translation
• translational
• translationally
• translations
• translative
• translatives
• translator
• translatorial
• translators
• translatory
• transleithan
• transliterate
• transliterated
• transliterates
• transliterating
• transliteration
• transliterator
• transliterators
• translocate
• translocated