sub|tile

sub|tile
sub|tile «SUHB uhl, SUHB tuhl», adjective.
1. not dense or heavy; thin; delicate; rare: »

a subtile liquid, a subtile fabric, a subtile powder. Figurative. after living…within the subtile influence of an intellect like Emerson's (Hawthorne).

2. Archaic. subtle: »

And with such subtile toils enveloped him (Robert Southey).

╂[< Middle French subtil, learned borrowing from Latin subtīlis. Compare etym. under subtle. (Cf. ↑subtle)]
–sub´tile|ly, adverb.
–sub´tile|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • sub´tile|ly — sub|tile «SUHB uhl, SUHB tuhl», adjective. 1. not dense or heavy; thin; delicate; rare: »a subtile liquid, a subtile fabric, a subtile powder. Figurative. after living…within the subtile influence of an intellect like Emerson s (Hawthorne). 2.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • sub´tile|ness — sub|tile «SUHB uhl, SUHB tuhl», adjective. 1. not dense or heavy; thin; delicate; rare: »a subtile liquid, a subtile fabric, a subtile powder. Figurative. after living…within the subtile influence of an intellect like Emerson s (Hawthorne). 2.… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • subtile — sub·tile …   English syllables

  • subtilely — sub·tile·ly …   English syllables

  • subtile — sub•tile [[t]ˈsʌt l, ˈsʌb tɪl[/t]] adj. til•er, til•est subtle • Etymology: 1325–75; ME < L subtīlis fine =sub sub + tīlis sub′tile•ly, adv. sub′tile•ness, n. sub′til•ty, sub•til′i•ty ˈtɪl ɪ ti n …   From formal English to slang

  • subtile — sub·tile (sutґəl) [L. subtilis] keen and acute …   Medical dictionary

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