English Dictionary

subtle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsʌt(ə)l/

形容詞

無生物 有生 廃用

Hard to grasp; not obvious or easily understood. / Barely noticeable, not obvious, indistinct. / (of a thing) Cleverly contrived. / (of a person or animal) Cunning, skillful. / Insidious.

日本語の意味

理解しにくく、捉えにくい / ほとんど気づかれず、目立たない / 巧妙に考案された / 狡猾で器用な / 陰険な

The artist's message was subtle, leaving viewers to debate its true meaning.

その芸術家のメッセージは捉えどころがなく、鑑賞者はその本当の意味を議論した。

意味（1）

Hard to grasp; not obvious or easily understood.

意味（2）

Barely noticeable, not obvious, indistinct.

The difference is subtle, but you can hear it if you listen carefully.

意味（3）

(of a thing) Cleverly contrived.

意味（4）

(of a person or animal) Cunning, skillful.

Now the serpent was more subtill then any beast of the field, which the LORD God had made, and he said vnto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of euery tree of the garden?

意味（5）

Insidious.

And if King Edward be as true and iuſt, / As I am Subtle, Falſe, and Treacherous,

意味（6）

Tenuous; rarefied; of low density or thin consistency.

意味（7）

(obsolete) Refined; exquisite.

subtler （ comparative ）

more subtle （ comparative ）

subtlest （ superlative ）

most subtle （ superlative ）