Involved and Subtle

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Involved adjective - Having many parts or aspects that are usually interrelated.

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

Nearby Words: involvement, involving

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

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

Nearby Words: subtlety, subtly, subtleness

Of course, since what they're doing is so subtle that even the characters involved don't usually realize what they've changed, they probably didn't adjust much.

Source: Literature / A Swiftly Tilting Planet
No-Nonsense Nemesis: The first thing the bad guys do when they know the Doctor's getting involved is try to crash a plane into him, having rejected even less subtle options.

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S33 E6 "The Bells of Saint John"
Given how closely the numbers involved match up, it's unclear whether this is a goof or just a very subtle Expospeak Gag.

Source: Artistic License Physics

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