subtleness
Hintergründigkeit, Subtilität, Nuanciertheit, Zwischentöne
The property of being subtle, of avoiding brute force and instead being clever or skillfulThe property of being subtle, of avoiding brute force and instead being clever or skillful.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)The property of being subtle, of avoiding brute force and instead being clever or skillful.
The movie was praised for the subtleness of its themes. None of it came off as being too preachy.
Hintergründigkeit, Subtilität, Nuanciertheit
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
property of being subtle:
Origin
From Middle English sotilnes; equivalent to subtle + -ness.From Middle English sotilnes; equivalent to subtle + -ness.
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Forms
plural: subtlenesses| Singular | subtleness |
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uncountable
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable