Hypertext Webster Gateway: "subtleties"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Subtlety \Sub"tle*ty\, n.; pl. {Subtleties}. [OE. sotelte,
sutilte, OF. sotillete, L. subtilitas. See {Subtle}, and cf.
{Subtility}.]
1. The quality or state of being subtle, or sly; cunning;
craftiness; artfulness.

The fox which lives by subtlety. --Shak.

2. Nice discernment with delicacy of mental action; nicety of
discrimination.

3. Something that is sly, crafty, or delusive.

Unlearned in the world's false subtleties. --Shak.


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