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subtleness|ˈsʌt(ə)lnɪs|
[-ness.]
Subtlety.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. v. xxxviii. (Bodl. MS.) He [sc. the stomach] is senewy to resceyue and haue þe sotilnes of feling and vertu and strengþe of appetitee. c1430Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 8297 Yf she had wist of this sotelnes She wold not haue goote the ring I-wis. c1560A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xxix. 17 Thair hairtis ar sett wt sittelness. 1836Smart, Subtleness, Subtlety, artfulness, cunning. 1870Daily News 7 Oct., Its occasional subtlenesses of thought. 1909H. M. Gwatkin Early Ch. Hist. xix. II. 178 The subtleness of sin. |