Slickness
Slickness noun - Skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.
Usage example: we were both impressed and outraged by the expert slickness with which the swindler fooled us
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Synonyms for Slickness
Subtleness and slickness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Subtleness" instead a noun "Slickness".
Subtleness
Subtleness noun - Skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.
Usage example: the subtleness with which the boutique owner convinces you that you have to have that outrageously priced article of clothing
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Synonyms for Subtleness
Slickness and subtleness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Slickness" instead a noun "Subtleness".
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Related pairs
- subtlety and slickness
- subtlety and subtleness
- finesse and slickness
- finesse and subtleness
- artifice and slickness
- artifice and subtleness
- cunning and slickness
- cunning and subtleness
- cleverness and slickness
- cleverness and subtleness
- craft and slickness
- craft and subtleness
- shrewdness and slickness
- shrewdness and subtleness
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