"subtlety" meaning in English

See subtlety in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsʌt(ə)lti/ Audio: en-us-subtlety.ogg [US], en-au-subtlety.ogg [Australia] Forms: subtlety [singular], subtleties [plural]
Etymology: subtle + -ty Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|subtle|ty}} subtle + -ty Head templates: {{noun|2=subtleties}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Subtlety is the quality of being subtle.
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  2. Subtlety is an instance of being subtle.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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