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Definition of Subtil
1. delicate [adj SUBTILER, SUBTILEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subtil
Literary usage of Subtil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Crabb's English Synonyms by George Crabb (1917)
"Subtle, in French subtil, and Latin subtilis, thin, from sub and tela, a thread
drawn to be fine; hence in the figurative sense in which it is here taken, ..."
2. The Works of William Robertson: To which is Prefixed an Account of His Life by William Robertson, Alexander Stewart (1820)
"... managed it with all the subtil dexterity of a scholastic metaphysician, more
studious to perplex his adversaries than to convince thena, and more intent ..."
3. The Jurist by Great Britain Courts (1865)
"Hobart, С. J., quaintly observes as follows :—" I do exceedingly commend ty
judges, that are curious and almost subtil, ..."
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