Usually means: Cunningly clever and skillfully indirect.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word subtile:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. subtile: Merriam-Webster
  2. subtile: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. subtile: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Subtile, subtile: Wordnik
  5. subtile: Wiktionary
  6. subtile: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. subtile: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. subtile: Dictionary.com
  9. subtile: Online Etymology Dictionary
  10. SubTile: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Subtile: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. subtile: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Subtile: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. subtile: FreeDictionary.org
  15. subtile: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. subtile: Legal dictionary

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Subtile)

▸ adjective:  Obsolete form of subtle. [Hard to grasp; not obvious or easily understood.]

Similar:
subtil, subtility, subtle, suttle, artful, perceptible, subtilty, sublimer, characteristical, commixture, more...

Opposite:
obvious, blatant, overt, clear, evident

Types:
vague, ambiguous, obscure, equivocal, more...


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Similar:
subtil, subtility, subtle, suttle, artful, perceptible, subtilty, sublimer, characteristical, commixture, more...

Opposite:
obvious, blatant, overt, clear, evident

Types:
vague, ambiguous, obscure, equivocal, more...



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