Subtlety and Trace

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Subtlety

Subtlety noun - Skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.
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Trace and subtlety are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trace" instead a noun "Subtlety".
Nearby Words: subtle, subtleness

Trace

Trace noun - A mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it.
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Subtlety and trace are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Subtlety" instead a noun "Trace".
Nearby Words: track, traced, tracing, traceable, tracking

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single single subtlety single trace
little little subtlety little trace
remaining remaining subtlety remaining trace

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  • Erotic Eating The music video for the Wet Spots' song "Labia Limbo" consists almost entirely of this, without the smallest trace of subtlety, either.
    Source: Erotic Eating
  • And then there's "Big Girls Are Best", the B-side to "Stuck In A Moment" of all things which throws any trace of subtlety out of the window.
    Source: Intercourse with You
  • Cut-and-Paste Comic Spoofed in this El Goonish Shive strip, where the four middle panels are taken from previous strips, without a trace of subtlety or appropriate context.
    Source: Cut-and-Paste Comic
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