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Definition of Subtilty
1. n. The quality or state of being subtile; thinness; fineness; as, the subtility of air or light.
Definition of Subtilty
1. Noun. (archaic) Subtlety ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subtilty
1. subtlety [n -TIES] - See also: subtlety
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subtilty
Literary usage of Subtilty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by American Committee of Revision (1881)
"10 And said, О full of all subtilty and all mischief, t/tou child of the devil,
thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ..."
2. Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Gospels: Designed for Sunday School by Albert Barnes (1863)
"By subtilty. By guile, deceit, or in some secret manner, so that the peo pie
would not know it. Jesus was regarded by the people as a distinguished prophet, ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1872)
"At tho nucleus, cither there are no eruptions, or they are confined to jets of
great subtilty and little duration. The nuclei of the spots are either ..."
4. Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Second Epistle to the Corinthians by Albert Barnes (1851)
"means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your they were in
danger of ... 1 Through his subtilty. See Gen. iii. 1. By his craft, art, ..."
5. Louis the Fourteenth, and the Court of France in the Seventeenth Century by Pardoe (Julia) (1847)
"... the Queen-Mother —Anecdote related by Bassompierre—Escape of Marie de Medicis
from Blois—Abortive Rebellion—Submission of the Queen-Mother— subtilty of ..."
6. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes by Robert Burton (1838)
"... and he was affraid still, lest as the serpent beguiled Eva through his subtilty,
so their mindes could be corrupt from the simplicity that is in Christ. ..."
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