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# subtlety

«subtlety» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **cleverness in planning tricks that are hard to see** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (subtleties)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Subtlety is cleverness in planning tricks that are hard to see. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/subtlety/#m1)

2) A subtlety is a small, delicate detail that is hard to notice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/subtlety/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a wise king or hero who wins by clever plans instead of strength

### examples

- The hero won by subtlety, not by strength. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/subtlety/#x1)
- The king was famous for his wisdom and subtlety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/subtlety/#x2)
- The hare used subtlety to escape the dogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/subtlety/#x3)
- The painting has many subtleties of colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/subtlety/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «subtlety» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/subtlety/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.