subtlety

subtlety
noun, no pl.
see academic.ru/71759/subtle">subtle: Zartheit, die; Feinheit, die; Subtilität, die (geh.)
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noun die Feinheit
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sub·tle·ty
[ˈsʌtl̩ti, AM -t̬l̩t̬i]
n (approv)
1. (discernment) Scharfsinnigkeit f, Raffiniertheit f
2. (delicate but significant) Feinheit f, Subtilität f
the subtleties of language die Feinheiten der Sprache
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['sʌtltɪ]
n
1) (= delicacy) Feinheit f; (of irony, distinction also) Subtilität f (geh); (of perfume, flavour also, hint, allusion) Zartheit f; (of charm) Unaufdringlichkeit f
2) (= sophistication of remark, argument, point) Scharfsinn(igkeit f) m, Spitzfindigkeit f; (of problem) Subtilität f; (of design, construction, proof) Raffiniertheit f

his methods lack subtlety — seinen Methoden fehlt (die) Finesse or Subtilität

the subtleties of the novel — die Feinheiten pl des Romans

subtlety is wasted on him — feine Andeutungen nützen bei ihm nichts

3) (= discriminative powers of observer, critic) Aufmerksamkeit f, Subtilität f (geh)
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subtlety [-tı] s
1. Feinheit f, subtile Art, (das) Subtile
2. Spitzfindigkeit f
3. Scharfsinn(igkeit) m(f)
4. a) Geschicklichkeit f
b) Gerissenheit f, Raffinesse f
5. Tücke f
6. schlauer Einfall, Finesse f
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noun, no pl.
see subtle: Zartheit, die; Feinheit, die; Subtilität, die (geh.)
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n.
Feinheit -en f.
Raffinesse f.

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