Rare
Rare adjective - Being out of the ordinary.
Subtle and rare are semantically related in exceptional topic. In some cases you can use "Subtle" instead an adjective "Rare".
Both words in one sentence
- It's not so much that they completely refrained from marijuana jokes at first, more that originally they were rare and subtle, certainly nothing a child would notice.
- Greg Egan included a subtle and rare literary example in his Orthogonal trilogy.
Source: Narrative Shapeshifting -
Fortunately, they're extremely rare because they are, obviously, not very good at being subtle.
Source: Horde of Alien Locusts
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Subtle and Rare. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/rare/subtle
Rare & Subtle. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/rare/subtle>.
Subtle or Rare. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/rare/subtle.
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