Plan and Subtlety

Plan

Plan noun - A method worked out in advance for achieving some objective.

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

Nearby Words: plant, planned, planed, planner, planing

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

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

Nearby Words: subtle, subtleness

similar	similar plan	similar subtlety
fake	fake plan	fake subtlety
single	single plan	single subtlety
little	little plan	little subtlety
Other adjectives: clever, ultimate, general.

Unlike most examples, she is completely succesful in seducing the hero, especially given her very amateurish take on the job - it's only her lack of subtlety at the climax of her plan what foils it.

Source: Literature / Dirk Pitt Adventures
Everything they put the Heroes and Villains through is part of a plan of such subtlety and scope that mere mortals can't comprehend it.

Source: All-Powerful Bystander

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