Degree and Subtlety

Degree

Degree noun - An individual part of a process, series, or ranking.

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Subtlety and degree are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Subtlety" instead a noun "Degree".

Nearby Words: degreed, degreeing, degress

Subtlety noun - Skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.

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Degree and subtlety are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Degree" instead a noun "Subtlety".

Nearby Words: subtle, subtleness

similar	similar degree	similar subtlety
fake	fake degree	fake subtlety
considerable	considerable degree	considerable subtlety
extreme	extreme degree	extreme subtlety
Other adjectives: necessary, incredible, less, surprising, frightening, varying.

Longing Look: Type one happens infrequently, and usually with a degree of subtlety.

Source: Western Animation / Beetlejuice
Fluffy the Ultimate Chimera Foreshadowing: Done with all the subtlety of a brick to the face and lampshaded to the Nth degree.

Source: Webcomic / L's Empire
Ignore The Fanservice: This is how Zeb and Deety clue to the fact that the "park ranger" accosting them is an alien; Deety's abrupt strip tease does not distract him or even engage his interest.note Heinlein actually wrote this with a fair degree of subtlety.

Source: Literature / The Number of the Beast

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