Critical and Subtle

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Critical adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.

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Subtle and critical are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Subtle" instead an adjective "Critical".

Subtle adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.

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Critical and subtle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Critical" instead an adjective "Subtle".

Nearby Words: subtlety, subtly, subtleness

The series was met with great critical acclaim and won several awards, hailed for its original style and subtle, insightful humour.The series is a mockumentary: the characters are very aware of the cameras being on them, all the time.

Source: Series / The Office (UK)
There's a lot of kisses in Critical Role but the biggest one is actually pretty subtle: after many episodes of Ship Tease and being on the receiving end of thankful cheek-kisses, Percy at last initiates a kiss with Vex'ahlia and promises that they'll "talk later" just before the end of Episode 72.

Source: The Big Damn Kiss aka: Big Damn Kiss
That is, until you notice him acting strange and realize (if you also watch Community) that it's not Danny Pudi but *Abed* in a brilliant, subtle piece of cross-referencing (specifically, it refers to a *possibly* made-up story Abed tells in "Critical Film Studies").

Source: Series / Cougar Town

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