insidious, pernicious, subtle
(adjective) working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; “glaucoma is an insidious disease”; “a subtle poison”
elusive, subtle
(adjective) difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; “his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change”; “a subtle difference”; “that elusive thing the soul”
subtle
(adjective) able to make fine distinctions; “a subtle mind”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
subtle (comparative subtler or more subtle, superlative subtlest or most subtle)
Hard to grasp; not obvious or easily understood; barely noticeable.
Antonym: simple
(of a thing) Cleverly contrived.
(of a person or animal) Cunning, skillful.
Synonyms: crafty, cunning, skillful
Insidious.
Synonyms: deceptive, malicious
Tenuous; rarefied; of low density or thin consistency.
(obsolete) Refined; exquisite.
• bluest, bluets, bustle, butles, sublet
Source: Wiktionary
Sub"tle, a. [Compar. Subtler; superl. Subtlest.] Etym: [OE. sotil, subtil, OF. soutil, later subtil, F. subtil, L. subtilis; probably, originally, woven fine, and fr. sub under + tela a web, fr. texere to weave. See Text, and cf. Subtile.]
1. Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; -- applied to persons; as, a subtle foe. "A subtle traitor." Shak.
2. Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem.
3. Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing distinctions; nicely discriminating; -- said of persons; as, a subtle logician; refined; tenuous; sinuous; insinuating; hence, penetrative or pervasive; -- said of the mind; its faculties, or its operations; as, a subtle intellect; a subtle imagination; a subtle process of thought; also, difficult of apprehension; elusive. Things remote from use, obscure and subtle. Milton.
4. Smooth and deceptive. [Obs.] Like to a bowl upon a subtle ground [bowling ground]. Shak.
Syn.
– Artful; crafty; cunning; shrewd; sly; wily. Subtle is the most comprehensive of these epithets and implies the finest intellectual quality. See Shrewd, and Cunning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
