Foxiness
Foxiness noun - Skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.
Usage example: it did not take an incredible amount of foxiness on his part to get you to spill the beans
Subtlety
Subtlety noun - Skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.
Usage example: we appreciated the subtlety with which our host indicated that it was time to leave: he volunteered to pack us a little lunch for the road
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Synonyms for Subtlety
Foxiness and subtlety are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Foxiness" instead a noun "Subtlety".
Nearby Words: subtle, subtleness
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Related pairs
- finesse and foxiness
- finesse and subtlety
- keenness and foxiness
- keenness and subtlety
- artifice and foxiness
- artifice and subtlety
- cunning and foxiness
- cunning and subtlety
- cleverness and foxiness
- cleverness and subtlety
- sharpness and foxiness
- sharpness and subtlety
- intelligence and foxiness
- intelligence and subtlety
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