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subtilty

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  1. 1. n. The quality or state of being subtile; thinness; fineness; as, the subtility of air or light. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Cunning; skill; craft. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. Slyness in design; artifice; guile; a cunning design or artifice; a trick; subtlety. Source: opted
  5. 5. 1. The quality or state of being subtile; thinness; fineness; as, the subtility of air or light. 2. Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety. Intelligible discourses are spoiled by too much subtility in nice divisions. Locke. 3. Cunning; skill; craft. [Obs.] To learn a lewd man this subtility. Chaucer. 4. Slyness in design; artifice; guile; a cunning design or artifice; a trick; subtlety. O full of all subtility and all mischief. Acts xiii. 10. Note: In senses 2, 3, and 4 the word is more commonly written subtlety. Source: webster
  6. 6. n. The quality or state of being subtile; thinness; fineness; as, the subtility of air or light. n. Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety. n. Cunning; skill; craft. n. Slyness in design; artifice; guile; a cunning design or artifice; a trick; subtlety. Source: ecdict

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