Subtle - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

adjective

Difficult to understand; obscure.

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An abstruse philosophical inquiry

adjective

Not known or understood by many people

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An abstruse philosophical essay

adjective

Clever or skilful.

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He was adroit at tax avoidance

adjective

Very skillful and quick in the way you think or move

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She became adroit at dealing with difficult people., he adroitly slid the money into his pocket.

adjective

Clever or skilful, especially in a crafty or cunning way.

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Her artful wiles

adjective

Intelligent and skillful, esp. in persuading, sometimes without being completely honest

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His politics was an artful blend of high-minded patriotism and malicious gossip about his opponents…

adjective

Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.

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She was an extremely clever and studious young woman

adjective

Having or showing a quick intelligence in doing something or in persuading people to do something

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It was certainly a clever ad and got a lot of attention., did you notice how she cleverly avoided a…

adjective

Clever at achieving one's aims by indirect or deceitful methods.

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A crafty crook faked an injury to escape from prison

adjective

Skillful in argument but likely to be dishonest

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A crafty lawyer

adjective

Having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion.

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A cunning look came into his eyes

noun

Skill in achieving one's ends by deceit.

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A statesman to whom cunning had come as second nature

adjective

Skillful in planning and ready to deceive people in order to get what you want

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A cunning scheme, they made their way safely back through enemy territory by stealth and cunning.

adjective

Showing a skilful use of underhand tactics to achieve goals.

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He's as devious as a politician needs to be

adjective

Using indirect ways to get what you want, esp. without showing your real purpose

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Devious methods, they went by a devious route.

adjective

Using indirect ways to get what you want, especially without showing your real purpose

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Officials called the company 'devious and underhand'., management seems to have acted deviously and…

adjective

Difficult to find, catch, or achieve.

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Success will become ever more elusive

adjective

Difficult to describe, find, achieve, or remember

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The answers to these questions remain as elusive as ever., success, however, remained elusive for h…

adjective

Of very high quality; very good of its kind.

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This was a fine piece of film-making

noun

Very small particles found in mining, milling, etc.

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It raises dust, separating fines from aggregate.

adverb

In a satisfactory or pleasing manner; very well.

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‘and how's the job-hunting going?’ ‘oh, fine.’

adjective

Lasting for an unknown or unstated length of time.

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They may face indefinite detention

adjective

Not exact or not clear; without clear limits

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It was a wonderful opportunity, but it meant leaving family and friends for an indefinite period, p…

adjective

Not clear or sharply defined.

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His speech was slurred and indistinct

adjective

Not clear

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An indistinct shape/sound/recollection

adjective

(of a person) clever, original, and inventive.

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He was ingenious enough to overcome the limited budget

adjective

(of a person) skilled at inventing new ways to do something, esp. to solve problems, or (of ideas or things) original, and showing esp. the ability to solve problems

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An ingenious engineer/songwriter, she devised an ingenious solution to the problem.

adjective

Extremely small; tiny.

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A minuscule fragment of dna

noun

Minuscule script.

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The humanistic hands of the 15th century were based on the carolingian minuscule

adjective

Extremely small

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Salaries are a minuscule part of the budget.

noun

A period of time equal to sixty seconds or a sixtieth of an hour.

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We waited for twenty minutes

adjective

Extremely small.

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Minute particles

verb

Record (the proceedings of a meeting).

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The secretary shall minute the proceedings of each meeting

adjective

Of small width in relation to length.

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He made his way down the narrow road

verb

Become or make less wide.

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The road narrowed and crossed an old bridge

noun

A narrow channel connecting two larger areas of water.

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There was a car ferry across the narrows of loch long

adjective

Giving pleasure or satisfaction; pleasant or attractive.

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We had a very nice time

abbreviation

(in england and wales) national institute for health and care excellence.

Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance

adjective

Excessively fussy or fastidious.

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Mildred was overnice in regard to their father

adjective

Marked by exactness and accuracy of expression or detail.

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Precise directions

adjective

Exact and accurate in form, time, detail, or description

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The precise recipe is a closely guarded secret., years of doing this research had made her very pre…

adjective

Exact and accurate

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The bunker's precise location is a closely guarded secret., he caught me at the precise moment that…

adjective

Having or showing skill.

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A skilful midfielder

adjective

Good at doing something, especially because you have practised doing it

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Police officers have to be skilful drivers., a skilful piece of playing on the clarinet

adjective

Very weak or slight.

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The tenuous link between interest rates and investment

adjective

Weak, unimportant, or in doubt

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The aging dictator’s hold on power is tenuous.

adjective

Consisting of extremely fine (= small or thin) pieces or drops

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People may develop heart disease when they are exposed to ultra-fine particles that are common poll…

adjective

Very delicate and thin

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The ultra-fine wool from the flock is used to make a line of high-end clothing., it's time to swap …

adjective

Skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully.

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His wily opponents

adjective

Quick to think of things, having a very good understanding of situations and possibilities, and often willing to use tricks to achieve an aim

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A wily hunter