subtlety
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- n a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
- n the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze
you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew
- And subtlety is often what's needed to present these studies fairly.
- For all his soft-shoeing subtlety, Bush is still a long way from Clintonesque legerdemain.
- Online political debate is not known for its subtlety--the blogosphere rewards the loudest voices and the brashest opinions.