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{
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:subtle",
"word": "manifest"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:subtle",
"word": "obvious"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:subtle",
"word": "simple"
}
],
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"word": "subtle body"
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{
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"3": "subtīlis",
"4": "",
"5": "fine, thin, slender, delicate"
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{
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"4": "a web"
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"2": "smēag",
"lit": "creeping"
},
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"name": "ncog"
}
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English sotil, soubtil, subtil, borrowed from Old French soutil, subtil, from Latin subtīlis (“fine, thin, slender, delicate”); probably, originally, “woven fine”, and from sub (“under”) + tēla (“a web”), from texere (“to weave”). Displaced native Old English smēag (literally “creeping”).",
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"form": "subtler",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "more subtle",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "subtlest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "most subtle",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
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}
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"word": "difficult"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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{
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{
"word": "simple"
}
],
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"Hard to grasp; not obvious or easily understood."
],
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[
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],
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{
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "neulovim",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "неуловим"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "subtil"
},
{
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "subtil"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "hårfin"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "subtiel"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "subtila"
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{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "hienovarainen"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "hienoinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "subtil"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "délicat"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "sutil"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "subtil"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "fast unmerklich"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "haarfein"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "dezent"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "feinsinnig"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "דק"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "עדין"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "מעודן"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "חמקמק"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "מרומז"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "עמום"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "טמיר"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "עלום"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "caolchúiseach"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "sottile"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "inafferrabile"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "toraegatai",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "捕らえ難い"
},
{
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "subtīlis"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "topeha"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "smēag"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "pms",
"lang": "Piedmontese",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "sutil"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "subtelny"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "subtil"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "sutil"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "neulovimyj",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "неуловимый"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "едва различимый"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "sutil"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "subtil"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "güç algılanan"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "zor algılanan"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 0 1 1 0 1 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "ince"
}
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"antonyms": [
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"word": "distinct"
},
{
"word": "distinct"
}
],
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The difference is subtle, but you can hear it if you listen carefully.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1712, Richard Blackmore, Creation: A Philosophical Poem. Demonstrating the Existence and Providence of a God. In Seven Books, book I, London: Printed for S. Buckley, at the Dolphin in Little-Britain; and J[acob] Tonson, at Shakespear's Head over-against Catherine-Street in the Strand, OCLC 731619916; 5th edition, Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, for G. Risk, G. Ewing, and W. Smith, in Dame's-street, 1727, OCLC 728300884, page 7",
"text": "The mighty Magnet from the Center darts / This ſtrong, tho' ſubtile Force, thro' all the Parts: / Its active Rays ejaculated thence, / Irradiate all the wide Circumference."
}
],
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"Barely noticeable, not obvious, indistinct."
],
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"Barely",
"barely"
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[
"indistinct",
"indistinct"
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],
"synonyms": [
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"word": "indistinct"
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]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Cleverly contrived."
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"id": "en-subtle-en-adj-1jhsOkaE",
"links": [
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"Cleverly",
"cleverly"
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[
"contrived",
"contrived"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of a thing) Cleverly contrived."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a thing"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 1 90 2 1 2 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "hitǎr",
"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "хитър"
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{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "subtil"
},
{
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "subtil"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 90 2 1 2 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "raffineret"
},
{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "sutil"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 90 2 1 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "scharfsinnig"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "ausgetüftelt"
},
{
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"word": "schlau"
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{
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "subtelny"
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"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"tags": [
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"tags": [
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"word": "sutil"
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{
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "produmannyj",
"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "продуманный"
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{
"_dis1": "2 1 90 2 1 2 3",
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"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "subtil"
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{
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "zekîce"
},
{
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"word": "ustaca"
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"Cunning, skillful."
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"(of a person or animal) Cunning, skillful."
],
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"word": "crafty"
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{
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{
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}
],
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"sense": "cunning, skillful",
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{
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"roman": "izkusen",
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"word": "изкусен"
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"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "subtil"
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{
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"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "subtil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 95 2 0 1",
"code": "da",
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"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "skarpsindig"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 95 2 0 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "ovela"
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{
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"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "sutil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 95 2 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "spitzfindig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 95 2 0 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "raffiniert"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 95 2 0 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "glic"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 95 2 0 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "sottile"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 95 2 0 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōmyō",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "巧妙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 95 2 0 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "subtelny"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 95 2 0 1",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xítryj",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "хи́трый"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 95 2 0 1",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "kovárnyj",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "кова́рный"
},
{
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"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "dhūrta",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "धूर्त"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 95 2 0 1",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "sutil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 95 2 0 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "subtil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 95 2 0 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "kurnazca"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 95 2 0 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "mâhirâne"
}
]
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"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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"glosses": [
"Insidious."
],
"id": "en-subtle-en-adj-ib8EAg3R",
"links": [
[
"Insidious",
"insidious"
]
],
"synonyms": [
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"word": "deceptive"
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{
"word": "malicious"
}
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kovaren",
"sense": "insidious",
"word": "коварен"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 1 1 95 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "insidious",
"word": "salakavala"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 1 1 95 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "insidious",
"word": "heimtückisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 1 1 95 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "insidious",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "sottile"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 1 1 95 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xítryj",
"sense": "insidious",
"word": "хи́трый"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 1 1 95 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kovárnyj",
"sense": "insidious",
"word": "кова́рный"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 1 1 95 1 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "insidious",
"word": "subtil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 1 1 1 95 1 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "insidious",
"word": "sinsice"
}
]
},
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"Tenuous; rarefied; of low density or thin consistency."
],
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"tenuous"
],
[
"rarefied",
"rarefied"
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[
"density",
"density"
],
[
"consistency",
"consistency"
]
]
},
{
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"Refined; exquisite."
],
"id": "en-subtle-en-adj-5rSJxa0L",
"links": [
[
"Refined",
"refined"
],
[
"exquisite",
"exquisite"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Refined; exquisite."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsʌt(ə)l/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈsʌɾɫ̩]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌtəl"
},
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"ref": "1712, Richard Blackmore, Creation: A Philosophical Poem. Demonstrating the Existence and Providence of a God. In Seven Books, book I, London: Printed for S. Buckley, at the Dolphin in Little-Britain; and J[acob] Tonson, at Shakespear's Head over-against Catherine-Street in the Strand, OCLC 731619916; 5th edition, Dublin: Printed by S. Powell, for G. Risk, G. Ewing, and W. Smith, in Dame's-street, 1727, OCLC 728300884, page 7",
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"roman": "neulovim",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "неуловим"
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "subtil"
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{
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"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "subtil"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "hårfin"
},
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"sense": "hard to grasp",
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"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "subtila"
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{
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"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "hienovarainen"
},
{
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"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "délicat"
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{
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"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "sutil"
},
{
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"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "subtil"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "fast unmerklich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "haarfein"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "dezent"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "feinsinnig"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "דק"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "עדין"
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{
"code": "he",
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"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "מעודן"
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{
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"word": "חמקמק"
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{
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"word": "מרומז"
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{
"code": "he",
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"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "עמום"
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{
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"sense": "hard to grasp",
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},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "caolchúiseach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "sottile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "inafferrabile"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "toraegatai",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "捕らえ難い"
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"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "subtīlis"
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{
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"sense": "hard to grasp",
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"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "smēag"
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"code": "pms",
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"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "sutil"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "subtelny"
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{
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
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{
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
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{
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"roman": "neulovimyj",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "неуловимый"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "едва различимый"
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{
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"word": "sutil"
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{
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"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "subtil"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "güç algılanan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "zor algılanan"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "hard to grasp",
"word": "ince"
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{
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"roman": "hitǎr",
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{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "subtil"
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "subtil"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "raffineret"
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{
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"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "sutil"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "scharfsinnig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "ausgetüftelt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "schlau"
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{
"code": "pl",
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"word": "subtelny"
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{
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{
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "produmannyj",
"sense": "cleverly contrived",
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},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "subtil"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "zekîce"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cleverly contrived",
"word": "ustaca"
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{
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{
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"roman": "izkusen",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
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{
"code": "ca",
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{
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "skarpsindig"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "ovela"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "sutil"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "spitzfindig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "raffiniert"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "glic"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"tags": [
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"word": "sottile"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōmyō",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "巧妙"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "subtelny"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "xítryj",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "хи́трый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kovárnyj",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "кова́рный"
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{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "dhūrta",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "धूर्त"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "sutil"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "subtil"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "kurnazca"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cunning, skillful",
"word": "mâhirâne"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kovaren",
"sense": "insidious",
"word": "коварен"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "insidious",
"word": "salakavala"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "insidious",
"word": "heimtückisch"
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{
"code": "it",
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{
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"word": "хи́трый"
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{
"code": "ru",
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{
"code": "sv",
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"word": "subtil"
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{
"code": "tr",
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